Place    From 1720 

George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury

Person, Religion

C. E. Leighton Thomson

Vicar of Chelsea Old Church 1950-92. From 1986 was a canon of St Paul's. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Prebendary Clarke Edward Leighton Thomson was born on 25 April 1919 in ...

Person, Religion, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Egypt

Holy Trinity church Stroud Green

Designed by architect E. B. Ferrey in 1881. We think this is Edmund Benjamin Ferrey (1845–1900), son of Benjamin Ferrey who designed St Stephen's extension in Rochester Street, SW1. The church hall...

Building, Religion

John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute

Landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron. Born Scotland. His vast inheritance, aged 6 months reportedly made him the richest man (actual...

Person, History, Property, Religion, Scotland, Wales

Nike

Ancient Greek goddess who personified victory.  She was the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx. Our photograph shows the famous 'Winged Victory of Samothrace', also called the 'Nike ...

Fiction, Religion