VD, JP. Son of James Bevington. A member of the Bermondsey leather manufacturing dynasty and a philanthropist. Colonel commanding 3rd Volunteer Battalion The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 1884 - 1899. First Mayor of Bermondsey 1900 - 1902.
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Samuel Bourne Bevington
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Bermondsey Library - foundation stone
This public library was erected 1890-1. Commissioners: A. Lafone, MP - Chairm...
Samuel Bevington statue
{Carved on the front of the stone plinth:} Samuel Bourne Bevington VD, JP, 18...
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Bevington fountain
Why (Oh why, oh why) do people chose dark, coloured granite for inscriptions?...
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East London Toy Factory
Opened by Sylvia Pankhurst as an answer to the dozens of tiny failing workshops where women were paid a pittance. Toys were no longer being imported from Germany, so the factory employed 59 women t...
1 memorial
1 memorial
LEP Transport Ltd
From COSGB: "LEP Transport was a freight company established in 1910 in London. The company name was derived from the initials of the three founding partners; Longstaff, Ehrenberg and Pollack." Mo...
1 memorial
Hillier Nurseries
A family owned company with a tradition in professional horticulture. The largest grower of trees (both field and container grown), in the UK and one of the largest in Europe.
1 memorial
Caledonian Market
Caledonian Cattle Market, built in 1855 by J. B. Bunning, and demolished after WW2. Caledonian Market was held in the area now partly occupied by Caledonian Park, the large area bounded by what ar...
1 memorial
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Rotary Club of Enfield
"Rotary is a worldwide organisation of more than 1.2 million business, professional and community leaders who make up 33,000 Rotary Clubs in over 200 countries around the world. We are non politic...
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Japanese students at UCL
WC1, Gordon Square, 27-28, UCL’s Japanese Garden
The monument is made of fine-grained gabbro, polished to a black, mirror-like surface, and sits on contrasting pale matt granite. Unveil...
26 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Henry Joshua (Jos) Brown
President of the Rotary Club of Enfield and local horticulturist.
1 memorial
Keats House at Guy's - bust 3 - Hippocrates
SE1, St Thomas Street, 24-26, Keats House
We are reasonbly happy with our identifcation of this head.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Theodore Spicer Simson
Sculptor and medallist. On the page about his brother, Geoffrey, Wikipedia says "The eldest {sibling}, Theodore Spicer-Simson, became a world-famous medallion portrait artist, moving between France...
1 memorial
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