A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St Sepulchre graveyard. This is the last City of London watch-house standing.
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Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Army regiment. Its name was changed to the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) in 1921. In 1970, it was amalgamated with the Lancashire Regiment to form the Queen's Lancashire Regiment which in turn ...
1 memorial
Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Gover...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Bengal, India
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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