Football club founded under the name of Hotspur F.C. and usually referred to as 'Spurs'. Its home ground is White Hart Lane and it has won the F.A. cup eight times.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Walter Tull
Walter Tull, 1888 - 1918, pioneering footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and pio...
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Rugby Football Union
Created when delegates from 22 clubs met at the Pall Mall Restaurant and rules were drawn up based on those of Rugby School.
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Bobby Abel
Cricketer. Born Robert Abel at 18 Commercial Street, Rotherhithe. He was the first England player to "carry his bat", i.e. opening the batting and remaining not out at the end of an innings, and th...
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Roger Hunt
Footballer. Born in Golborne, Lancashire. He played for Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers and was in the winning England team in the 1966 World Cup. He was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of...
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James Hunt
Racing driver. Born James Simon Wallis Hunt in Belmont, Surrey. Known for his daring on the race track, he was nicknamed 'Hunt the Shunt' (Shunt being a racing term for a crash). He won the Formula...
1 memorial
Paralympic Games - 2012
Officially, the Fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games. A major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that took place ...
2 memorials
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Baring Bros & Co Ltd
Bank. Founded as the John and Francis Baring Company. Despite surviving the Great Depression and two world wars, it was brought down due to unauthorized trading by its head derivatives trader Nick ...
1 memorial
Grosvenor Hospital
The splendid Lost Hospitals has been our source for this summary: Opened in 1866 as the Pimlico and Westminster Institute, a dispensary for women and children. 1873 the hospital bought and moved ...
1 memorial
St Mark's Hospital
A hospital specialising in intestinal disorders. Founded by Frederick Salmon to treat patients with anorectal disorders (anus and rectum) - always good to learn a new word. It was one of the first...
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John Hanning Speke
Explorer. Born Devon. The first European, while on an expedition with Richard Burton to East Africa in 1858, to discover Lake Victoria. On a subsequent journey with James Grant in 1862, he confirme...
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Lady Lesley Jowitt
Patron of the arts and Communist Party member. Born as Lesley Stewart McIntyre. Married William, the later Earl Jowitt, in 1913 thus becoming Viscountess Jowitt in 1940. See Boris Anrep for detail...
1 memorial
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