Judge. Lord Keeper. Born Exeter. Lived in Essex Street. Died Teddington. Buried in St Mary with St Alban church where he is featured in a modern window.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
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Essex Street & Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
Other Subjects
Epping Forest Act 1878
The Epping Forest Act placed all the commons and forest in the parish of Epping, except Rye Hill, under the protection and management of the City of London, thus ensuring their preservation. We le...
James Stephen
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Dorset. Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist. The death of his first wife deepened hi...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands
Francis Percy Hodes
Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Penge Urban District Council 1921 - 22. In 1937, when was elected as one of the County Aldermen for Kent he was described as a retired engineer and his add...
Marshalsea Prison
Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court and the Court of the King's Bench. Its first site, from at least 1329 was on Borough High Street on the block now bordered...
Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
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Brewery - War Memorial
EC1, Chiswell Street, 52
This is a loosely-worded plaque. We don't think it really means ALL the men lost in both World Wars, just those that worked at the Brewery.
Sir Alexander Fleming
Born Lochfield, Scotland. Pharmacologist and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1927. However he did not realise the significance and it was not until 1940 that Florey and Chain demonstrat...
Sidney Leader Cramer
N6, Fitzroy Park
Donated by the Fitzroy Park Residents Association This Tree was planted in memory of Sidney Leader Cramer, for many years Chairman of th...
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