This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Trade Unionists
Commemorated ati
Hanbury Hall - blue oval plaque
This plaque has a shortened version of the text on the old white plaque.
Hanbury Hall - white plaque - removed
Christ Church Hall Built in 1719 as a French Hugeonot {sic} church it stood b...
Trade Union sculpture
From TUC: "The front of the building is dominated by a bronze sculpture by Be...
Other Subjects
Edwin Thomas Knott
Edwin Thomas Knott was born on 3 December 1894 in Greenwich, London, the eldest of the twelve children of Edwin Thomas Knott (1873-1938) and Elizabeth Mary Knott née Barlow (1875-1941). His birth w...
Mitcham drought relief
Mitcham is located on the fast-flowing River Wandle. It attracted a lot of industries, many requiring water power. Bleaching, dying and fabric printing, along with mills producing tobacco, paper, g...
Sir Otto Beit
Financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur. Born Berlin. Younger brother to Alfred and made his fortune the same way: mining diamonds. Came to London in 1896 and took British citizenship. G...
White Hart Dock
The origins of a dock and slipway can be traced back to the 14th century. The present retaining structure was built c.1868 as a parish dock when the Albert Embankment was constructed by the Metrop...
Charing Cross Electricity Supply Company
This originated in 1882 from the power supply set up by Agostino and Stefano Gatti in the cellars of one of their restaurants. From Covent Garden: "... established in 1888 to provide lighting for ...
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Darcy Braddell
Thomas Arthur Darcy Braddell was an architect, credited with designing these war memorials. Normally the sculptural work would be carried out by another person, a sculptor, but for none of Braddell...
King Charles I
Born Fife. Until the age of 11 he was only the 'spare' but then his 18-year old brother Henry died (probably of typhoid) and Charles became the heir, ascending the throne in 1625 on the death of hi...
Hamburg Lutheran Church - Dalston
E8, Ritson Road, Faith Tabernacle
See German Lutheran Church in London for a historical overview starting with the Great Fire. In 1871 the congregation moved from Holy Tr...
Napoleonic wars
Following the French Revolution France, under Napoleon, fought with most of Europe (primarily Britain, Spain, Russia and Austria) in various alliances for over a decade. The fighting spread as fa...
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