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The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham

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George Baxter's wife was living here in 1865 when he joined her and stayed until his death here in 1867. By 1894 it had been renamed Leahurst.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Retreat, Peak Hill, Sydenham

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George Baxter - SE26

There is a house, still extant, called Round Hill Cottage but Harrild lived a...

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E. J. Minter

E. J. Minter

Contractor who constructed the Heals building, 1914 - 17.

Person, Property

1 memorial
Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall

Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from October 1969 to May 1972. The photograph shows him in the garden of the house. It was demolished in the early 1980s.

Building, Property

1 memorial
Cumberlow

Cumberlow

The house, Cumberlow, was at what is now the north end of Chalfont Road. It is shown on this 1895 map and the grounds seem to extend onto the neighbouring sheet, which covers the site of the Stanle...

Building, Property

1 memorial
William Ramsay

William Ramsay

Royal mason. In 1332 designed the Chapter House and Cloister at St Paul's.

Person, Architecture, Property

1 memorial
John Meard Junior

John Meard Junior

Apprenticed to his father in August 1700 – ‘John Meard Citizen and Turner... his father and Master admitted to this Freedom’ (Freedom Admissions Register of the Turners’ Company). On his father’s ...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Property

1 memorial