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Matthew Bell

Categories: History, Medicine

Psychoanalyst who works near West Smithfield and is interested in local history.  He felt passionately that there should be a memorial where the denouement of the 1381 revolt took place and where Tyler fell. Up to this point there had been none.  It took him about a year of bureaucratic to-ing and fro-ing to get the go ahead from The City, St Bart's and English Heritage.   He commissioned Emily Hoffnung to design and carve the Great Rising memorial. And went on to arrange for the Rosa Luxemburg plaque.

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Matthew Bell

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Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg, 1871 - 1919. On this site in 1907, revolutionary socialist Ro...

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The Great Rising / Peasants' Revolt

Matthew Bell realised that The Great Rising lacked a proper memorial and that...

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Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc

Poet, essayist and historian. Born France. Catholic. His works include 'Cautionary Tales for Children', in which Matilda told lies and was burnt to death. Died Guildford.

Person, History, Literature, Poetry, France

2 memorials
John Richard Green

John Richard Green

Historian. Born in Oxford. Took orders and was vicar of St Philip's, Stepney. Became a librarian in Lambeth and wrote a number of history books, e.g. "A History of the English People", "The Making ...

Person, History

2 memorials
London Tea History Association

London Tea History Association

Founded to record and commemorate over 335 years of the World’s tea trade in London. Feb 2018 City Matters reported that "a statue recognising the City’s pivotal position in the tea trade planned ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, History

3 memorials
Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite, FSA

Ernest Arthur Ebblewhite, FSA

Barrister, local politician and Mayor of Hornsey 1908-9. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and published a number of books on historical subjects. In the 1890s the College of Arms, Lond...

Person, History, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group

Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to record, preserve and enhance its historic buildings.

Group, Architecture, Community / Clubs, History

15 memorials

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Edward S. Bell
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Skeaping

John Skeaping

Painter and sculptor. Born John Rattenbury Skeaping in South Woodford, Essex. He studied at Goldsmith's College, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and later at the Royal Academy. In 1924 he won...

Person, Art, Sculpture, Mexico

1 memorial
E. P. S. Russell

E. P. S. Russell

Worked at the Stock Exchange and died in WW2.

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
James Wheeler

James Wheeler

Father of James Baldwin Wheeler. "Glover" - we think this means he was a member of the Glovers guild, rather than actually made gloves.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Liam O'Connor

Liam O'Connor

Architect, specialising in memorials, see the practice's website.

Person, Architecture

2 memorials