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Christ Church, Middlesex.
This house and these schools were erected AD 1873, in lieu of the house and parochial schools (as shewn above) that formerly stood at the north west angle of the church-yard of this parish.
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In case of fire apply for the men of the engine house and ladders at the Station House, No. 1 Church Passage, Spital Square.
William Stone MA - Vicar
Thomas Midwinter, William Hicks Hall - Church Wardens
1843
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On Ash Wednesday February 17 1836 this tower was burnt by fire. A peal of twelve bells, a clock with chimes, most of the interior masonry and all the wood work from the ceiling of the parish vestry room upwards were entirely destroyed. By the spontaneous liberality of the parishioners and a few others and by an effective application of their contributions this damage was substantially repaired with a very inconsiderable outlay of the parish funds.
William Stone MA - Rector
William Sykes, Thomas Brushfield - Church Wardens
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Christ Church, Spitafields. All applications about Marriages, Burials &c. at this church must be made to Mr Root.
Church Street, London E1 W. H. Wright
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This church was re-opened January the first 1867 after being closed seven months for entensive alterations and improvements under the direction of a committee of parishioners. The cost nearly £7,000 was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions of which Robert Hanbury Esquire and his partners contributed £3,500. The large clock erected in 1836 was also repaired and illuminated at the expense of Charles Buxton Esquire MP.
John Patteson MA - Rector
Robert Arnold, Benjamin Brookman - Church wardens
Ewan Christian - architect
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{upper stone}Before the late
Dreadfull fire anno domini
1666 here stood the parish
Church of St John Baptist
Upon Walbrook
William Wilkinson
James Whitchurch
Churchwardens this present
Year anno domini 1671
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The above stone was new
faced & the letters fresh
cut anno domini 1830
Revd John Gordon MA
Rector
Edward Jones
Lewis Williams
Churchwardens
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Church of St Nicholas the Traveller
Endowment of Splicanin Rake and his wife Elizabeth , built in 1219 renewed twice in 1919, 1990. In sight of Sailors. Servant of God returned 6.XII.1990
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Church of St Thomas Apostle, (formerly St Thomas Martyr) Southwark, S.E.1. Parish church of St Thomas 1136 - 1862, which also served as the chapel of St Thomas's hospital 1215 - 1862, rebuilt in 1703 by Thomas Cartwright & Son (sometime master masons to Christopher Wren).The roof space was used as the hospital's herb garret and from 1822 as its operating theatre. Rediscovered by Raymond Russell in 1956, the herb garret and operating theatre is now a museum supported by the Lord Brock memorial trust.
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This stone was laid by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Sir George Thomas Broadbridge, Kt) on the 10th day of December 1936 in the first year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward VIII.
Capt. George Sampson Elliston, MC, MP - Chairman of the City of London Schools Committee of the Corporation of the City of London
Trollope & Colls Ltd - Builders
Whinney, Son and Austen Hall - Architects
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This bank of earth was raised and formed to support the Channel of the New River. And the frame of timber and lead which served that purpose 173 years was removed and taken away.
MDCCLXXXVI {1786} Peter Holford Esquire, Governor
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In memory of those who lost their lives when a bomb penetrated the Columbia Market air raid shelter, 7 September 1940. (45 names) Also in memory of those who died through their wounds after 7 September 1940.
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A debt of honour - The Memorial Gates
This memorial was inaugurated by Her Majesty the Queen during the Golden Jubilee year, 2002. It commemorates the service and sacrifices of five million men and women from the Indian Sub-continent, Africa and the Caribbean, who volunteered to fight with the British in the two World Wars, 1914-18 and 1939-45. This is the first time that their magnificent contribution has received fitting recognition. With so many descendants of these volunteers now living in the United Kingdom, the Memorial Gates serve to remind us all of our shared sacrifices in times of greatest need.
First World War, 1914-18
Indian Sub-continent and the Kingdom of Nepal - 1,440,500 men and women, including 100,000 Gurkhas, volunteered for military service in the Indian Army. They fought on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Persia, Egypt, Palestine and Mesopotamia.
Africa - the old British African colonies provided 62,000 troops and transport auxiliaries who fought in Africa.
Caribbean - over 15,000 men served in the British West Indies Regiment and saw action in France, Palestine, Egypt and Italy.
Second World War, 1939-45
Indian Sub-Continent and the Kingdom of Nepal - over 2,500,000 including 132,000 Gurkhas, served in Burma, Malaya, Hong Kong, North and East Africa, France, Italy, Greece and throughout the Middle East.
Africa - over 372,000, mostly from East and West Africa, served in the Middle East, East Africa, Italy and Burma.
Caribbean - over 7,000 men and women volunteered to aid the war effort, many of whom saw action in the Middle East, Far East, East Africa and Italy.
The Memorial Gates have been funded by a National Lottery grant from the Millennium Commission and the generous support of trusts, foundations and members of the public.
This panel was donated by the Friends of War Memorials and the West Indian Ex-Services Association UK.
Memorial Gates Trust
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During the turbulent years 1937-1940, class unions operated here under the leadership of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia fighting for the economic, social and political rights of the working class. On the celebration of the 40th year of the KPJ and the Union, Split workers placed this plaque
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Confederate Field Texans served in both the Confederate and the Federal armies during the Civil War. While there were few battles on Texas soil, Dick Dowling's troops turned back Federal invasion forces at Sabine Pass in 1863, and the last land engagement of the war was fought at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville {the rest is illegible}
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{left plaque} In commemoration of the first anniversary of October 26 1944 when Tito's heroic army, exposing the occupiers, liberated our city
{right plaque}To all the Croatian defenders who died in The Homeland War 1991-1996, who incorporated their lives into the foundations of the State of Croatia, liberating the homeland throughout, and neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina
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This tablet is erected by the Cromwell Association to the memory of the undermentioned whose remains were disinterred from Westminster Abbey at the time of the restoration of King Charles II and were in September 1661 buried in this churchyard of St Margaret's....
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The Croydon Canal opened in 1809, joining the Grand Surrey Canal & New Cross. 'Frog Island' was the name given to land enclosed by the sweeping bend in the canal at South Norwood. The canal transported goods between London and Croydon until its closure in 1836.
The London & Croydon Railway Company bought the land, opening Croydon's first steam railway in 1839. The route mainly followed that of the canal, apart from at South Norwood where it cut through 'Frog Island'.
South Norwood's first station was located between what is now Manor Road and the upper part of the High Street. It was called the 'Jolly Sailor', after the nearby pub. In 1859 the station moved to its present site to allow for more connections to London, Croydon and beyond.
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The grave beneath this yew tree is that of ten workmen who died in a fall from the roof of the Crystal Palace during its reconstruction at Sydenham on 15th August 1853.
The Kentish Mercury and Home Counties Advertiser carried a detailed account of the "frightful accident":
On Monday afternoon, shortly after 2 o'clock, one of the most frightful and fatal accidents by the falling of scaffolding occurred at the works of the new Crystal Palace, and which has resulted in the death of 12 men, and severe injuries to others.
A very large mass of framework, apparently of great strength, had fallen from its position, some 180 feet high, carrying with it part of the girders and several columns of the north side of the nave. The staging had fallen inwards in the direction of the central nave, carrying with it a vast quantity of iron and woodwork. Six of the poor men were picked up quite dead close to each other, the position in which they were found indicating they must have fallen at an angle of something like forty degrees. Three others were found dead at a short distance, and one poor fellow lived for a few moments, but was not sufficiently collected to give any explanation of how the accident occurred.
The precise cause of the disaster will probably never be discovered.
The funeral of the workmen was a big occasion. The Kentish Mercury describes it:
The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon (18 August 1853) in the churchyard of New Sydenham Church - an elegant modern structure, embosomed in luxuriant foliage, and situated in a most romantic spot. The day was observed as a solemn holiday in the district, and there was a total cessation of all work within the Palace.
The mournful procession formed in the central nave, and as the clock chimed three it slowly emerged from the building and wended its way along the beautiful road which conducts to the church. Each coffin was followed by its own particular mourners and at the rear of the last came the whole body of the workmen, numbering some thousand persons. In its course the procession was swelled by fresh additions, until when it reached the church there must have been between 2000 and 3000 persons following.
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In memory of [ten names] Who died 15th August 1853 by a fall from the roof of the Crystal Palace. Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world have mercy on us. [Around perimeter:] In the midst of life we are in death for of whom may we seek for succour but of thee O lord.
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As Cutty Sark approached the English Channel returning from Australia, Able Seaman John Clifton, aged 21, and John Doyle, aged 30, were washed off the jib-boom and lost. 2nd April 1893
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Near this spot, Able Seaman John Francis was struck with a capstan bar during a brawl by First Mate Sidney Smith and died. 11th August 1880
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In memory of those whose service in the Merchant Navy helped to enlarge the livelihood of Britain and protect the freedom of the British Commonwealth of nations. 1957
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Here to commemorate an era. The Cutty Sark has been preserved as a tribute to the ships and men of the Merchant Navy in the days of sail. They mark our passage as a race of men. Earth will not see such ships as these again. 1957
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During the 2006-12 Conservation Project, a fire broke out near this spot. Fortunately, the masts, deckhouses and many of the hull planks had been removed for conservation and the fire was quickly brought under control by the London Fire Brigade without serious loss of original fabric. 21st May 2007
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DACHAU Is the site near Munich in Germany where the first European camp was built by the National Socialist Party after they had seized power. It was completed on March 22, 1933. Originally, this camp was intended to imprison those German citizens opposed to Hitler's regime. Later, Resistance fighters and victims of Nazi oppression arrested in those countries annexed and occupied by Germany were deported there. More than 200,000 internees out on whom 12,000 were arrested in France, suffered from the most inhuman treatment.
In this camp, during the 12 years of its operation operation, several tens of thousands of prisoners died of starvation, exhaustion, cruelty or were executed. We, the survivors, have erected this simple monument as witness to the Faith, Courage and Hope that have ceaselessly driven and supported us throughout our ordeal
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In 1796 these two Coade Stone reliefs were affixed to the Danish-Norwegian Consulate in Wellclose Square Stepney. In 1968 the reliefs were re-erected on this embassy by courtesy of The Greater London Council
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City of London. The Dragons represent a constituent part of the armorial bearings of the City of London and have been erected to indicate the Western Boundary of the City. This commemorative plaque was unveiled by The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor Sir Ralph Edgar Perring on 16th October 1963.
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Under auspices of our most gracious sovereign George III the sanction of His Majesty's government and the patronage of the East India Company these wet docks appropriated to the commerce of India and ships in that employ were accomplished in those eventful years MDCCCIV, MDCCCV, MDCCCVI the first stone being laid March IV, MDCCCIV. They were opened by the introduction of five ships from 1,200 to 800 tons with valuable cargoes.
On IV August MDCCCVI the grand undertaking in the laudable endeavours of the managing owners of ships in the company's service and the important national objects of increased security to property and revenue combined with improved accommodation, economy and despatch were thus early realised....
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The Hermitage Memorial Riverside Garden
The garden and memorial sculpture are in memory of the East London civilians who were killed and injured in the Second World War, 1939 - 1945, and of the suffering of those who lost relatives, friends and homes.
Tens of thousands of men, women and children lost life and limb in the wartime bombing of London and other major cities. More than a million homes were destroyed. The most intense bombing occurred between September 1940 and May 1941 and became known as the Blitz (from the German "Blitzkrieg" meaning "lightning war"). In the first three months of the Blitz bombs rained on London almost every night.
The Port of London, with its docks, warehouses and industry, was an important strategic target for the German bombers and an easy one to locate along the Thames. Countless bombs also fell on the surrounding densely packed streets of East and South East London, which were home to many of London's poorest families. The consequences were devastating. On this site stood the Hermitage Wharf, which was hit during a massive firebomb raid on the City of London on 29 December 1940.
The memorial sculpture was designed by Wendy Taylor CBE. The symbol of the dove is intended to suggest hope, rather than dwell intrusively on the dead. Its representation as an absence signifies the loved ones who were lost. The garden and sculpture were commissioned by the Hermitage Environment Group and funded by the generous contributions of the Berkeley Group Holdings plc, the Williams Charitable Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation and many other individuals and businesses.
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Site of 400 Old Ford Road East London Federation of the Suffragettes' Women's Hall and Cost Price Restaurant. Sylvia Pankhurst & Norah Smyth lived here from 1914 - 1924.
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Esperance Bridge July 2021 Named by the children of the Kings Crsoss Academy, Esperance means hope, expectation and belief. The name is inspired by the Esperance Club (1895-1914), a pioneering social project for local sewing girls founded by the radical Suffragettes Mary Neal and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence.
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1869 - 1976 The Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark Baroness Evelina de Rothschild
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild
Lady Superintendent Alice Cross
Dr Arthur Farre MD FRCP FRS This plaque celebrates the founding of the Evelina Children's Hospital, which was built on this site in 1869. It commemorates the work of the founder, planners, doctors, nurses and staff, and all the generous benefactors and supporters during the hospital's first 107 years.
The hospital was founded by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in memory of the early deaths of his wife, Evelina, and their baby son. The hospital was planned by Dr Arthur Farre, obstetrician to Evelina and the royal family.
The chosen site, Southsea Court in Southwark, was in one of the poorest districts of London, where children were stricken with disease, serious infections and undernourishment leading to many deaths. This new model hospital uplifted the spirit of the people, bringing to a deprived district the hope of fighting the ravages of childhood diseases.
In 1976 the Evelina moved to Guy's Tower, Southwark, to unite with Guy's Hospital Children's Department. The old Evelina building was demolished and the area was converted into Mint Street Park.
I have no information about Fallen at Sea Monument Syracuse. Please contact me if you do.
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MONUMEN? TO THE FALLEN OF THE SEA
THE SYRACUSAN SAILORS WHO FALLEN DURING THE 2nd WORLD WAR ARE INSCRIBED IN THE STONE OF THIS MONUMENT. ALSO PRESENT ARE THE MEN OF THE CREW OF THE SYRACUSAN FISHING VESSEL "NUOVA MARGHERITA", WHICH EXPLODED DUE TO THE RECOVERY OF A TORPEDO IN THE WATERS OF THE PORT IN 1952.
In this space, which has always been dedicated to maritime activities, the ancient Congregation of Mutual Aid for Seafarers was founded and operated in 1397 with the name of "Portus Salutis" and here the church of the Madonna di Porto Salvo was built in 1596, a spiritual refuge where the sailors prayed before departure and upon returning to the port of Syracuse,
Once the Church was destroyed at the end of the 19th century and the Sailors' Society disappeared, at the end of the last century (29 June 1997) it was decided to erect this monument here as a permanent reminder of the men and history of Syracuse shipping.
(Syracusan Society of Homeland History)
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[Blitz] / The heroes with grimy faces / Winston Churchill
In honour and memory of those firefighters who gave their lives in the defence of the nation, 1939-1945.
This monument was commissioned by the founder Master of the Guild of Firefighters supported by public and service donations. MCMXC
Sculptor = John W Mills ARCA FRBS
The United Kingdom Firefighters National Memorial
This memorial was re-dedicated and unveiled on the 16th September 2003 by HRH The Princess Royal (Patron to the Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust).
This memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 4 May 1991.
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Croydon Road Recreation Ground 9th August 1902 Britain's First Public Airmail Flight Beckenham - Leeds Castle - Godmersham - Dover Pilots - M Auguste Eugine Gaudron Dr Francis Alexander Barton Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic Society
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This stone was erected the 8th of January 1921 in the Mayoralty of E H King Esq., J.P. to commemorate the first state-aided housing scheme commenced in the Borough of Islington.
CGE Fletcher, C.B.E. Town Clerk
ECP Monson, F.R.I.B.A., architect
Rice and Son, builders.
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Leaside - Gateway to Fish Island
Funded through Leaside Regeneration Ltd SRB4 Programme - London Development Agency -
Tower Hamlets - Transport for London Street Management -
This project is being part-financed by the European Community European Regional Development Fund - Groundwork Hackney
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The Founding of Australia at Sydney on Saturday 26th January 1788. Figures in rowing boat leaving H.M.S. Supply are Capt. Arthur Phillip, R.N., Lieut P. Gidley King, R.N. and Lieut George Johnston Marines A.D.C.
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These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram, were offered for sale as housing land in 1926 when owing to changing social conditions the old Hospital was sold and demolished.
After eight years of anxiety to its fate the site was eventually preserved for the use and welfare of the children of Central London by the generosity and vision of Harold Viscount Rothermere, by the efforts of the Foundling Site Appeal Council, by the co-operation of the governors of the Foundling Hospital and of the Education Committee of the London County Council, and by the enthusiasm of many thousands of donors, large and small, who contributed their money or their toil to the saving of these nine acres, henceforth to be known as Coram's Fields.
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Our brethren of '76
To the memory of those masons who provided much of the inspiration, determination and leadership for the American Revolution that brought independence to the colonists and established a free nation under God in America. The high noon club of Dallas dedicates this tablet.
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To honour the memory of Admiral {illegible} and the Portuguese sailors under his command who died fighting side by side with the Maltese ... popular insurrection against French rule on the 2nd September 1798
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{top left}The final Frost Fair was held in 1814. The construction of a new London Bridge with broader spans for shipping improved the flow of the tides. The Thames no longer froze over and the Frost Fairs were no more. {top right}Sleds, sliding with skeetes, a bull-baiting, horse and coach races, puppet plays and interludes, cooks, tippling, and other lewd places ... a Bacchanalian triumph or carnival on the water. {bottom left}Tankards of beer, ale, brandy, a dish of famous new-made coffee, tea or chocolate, Roast beef, plum cake; hot codlins, pancakes, duck, goose and sack, Rabbit, capon, Turkey and wooden Jack. {bottom right}After the construction of London Bridge in 1468 its narrow arches slowed the Thames sufficiently for the water to freeze over in severe winters. During the freeze of 1664 the people of London took to the ice for what became the first ever Frost Fair.
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BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST 1945, A LARGE NUMBER OF SURVIVORS FROM PRISON CAMPS, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FORCED LABOR CAMPS, ALL VICTIMS OF NAZISM, WERE WELCOME ON THEIR RETURN IN ORSAY STATION, THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH CENTER OF REPATRIATION
I have no information about Gatehouse Square. Please contact me if you do.
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{top left} The Gatehouse Square development was designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and constructed with funds provided by the Sea Containers Group. The pavement mosaics which decorate this square were designed and made by pupils from the following schools: Aylwin School, Snowsfields Primary School, St. James CofE Primary School, St. joseph's RC Primary School, George Row, Tower Bridge Primary School. The bronze figure 'Great oaks from little acorns grow' was sculptured by Brian Yale. {top right} This plaque was unveiled on 12th November 1987 by the Mayor Councillor Mrs Dorothy Winters to commemorate the social housing and nearby workshops which provide job opportunities for local people. These developments have been the result of the commitment of the local community, the Greater London Council and the London Borough of Southwark.
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The George and Devonshire, originally called The George, is a Grade II listed building, and has traded as a public house since the 1650's. It is the last pub still trading in what was Chiswick Village, the others having been demolished or closed down. The George and Devonshire has had generations of publicans over the years including John Howell Burden, the assistant purser of the Lusitania, aged 25, who was drowned when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 7th May 1915. Both are buried in Chiswick Graveyard. In the 18th century, smugglers used to row up the Thames with their contraband goods of rum and spirits and at a given signal pull over towards the huddle of fisher cottages between the river and the medieval church of St Nicholas. Somewhere among those tiny houses was the opening of a tunnel which led under the church to the George and Devonshire. There the boats would be unloaded and the goods carried up a secret passage, which led into the cellar. Evidence of this passageway can be seen today in the cellar of the George and Devonshire with two steps leading up to a bricked up doorway, facing towards the river!
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Vestry of St Pancras Gloucester Gate Bridge and Approach Road
This bridge and approach road was opened for public traffic on the 3rd day of August 1878 by Field Marshal, HRH the Duke of Cambridge, GCB, KP, GCS, GCNB, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 17th Lancers, 60th Rifles and 77th Regiment. Commanding in Chief the Forces.
George Alfred Nodes, Richard Kent - Churchwardens
Frederick George Baker, Chairman, James Balfour, Deputy Chairman - of the Highways and Public Works Committee
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Vestry of St Pancras
This stone was fixed on the 11th day of August 1877 by The Right Honourable Gerard James Noel PC, MP., First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings at whose suggestion a part of the royal demesne Regents Park was given up for this great public improvement, assisted by
William Thornton, George Alfred Nodes - Churchwardens
James Hoppey - Chair
Thomas Bentley Westacott - Deputy Chairman of the General Purposes Committee
upon the direction of which committee the plans of this bridge were designed and prepared for the vestry of St Pancras by
William Booth Scott, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineer
Kirk & Randall - Contractors
Thomas Eccleston Gibb - Vestry Clerk
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Golden Yard is derived from "Goulding" the family who dwelt in the Yard for about 200 years. The first copyhold grant of 20 Rods was made by the then Lord of the Manor of Hamstede Sir Robert Wroth to Henerye Gouldingy "by the Rod at the Will of the Lord according to the custom of the said Manor by Fealty Suit of Court" in the last quarter of the 16th Century. The area was then largely a disused sand pit, the sand no doubt used in the expansion of Elizabethan London. Its upper boundary was along the east side of the now Holly Mount and its lower boundary along the then Cloth Hill, later called the High Road and finally Heath Street. The first cottage in which the Gouldings lived was No. 6 the yearly rental value of which was assessed in 1646 at £3. Henry Goulding was married at the Parish Church in 1574 to Agne Bolden and they had at least 6 children, the 3rd son Edward married at the age of 12 to a local girl Elizabeth Lacraft in 1601, at which time the population of Hampstead was under 200. Other residences were erected here by the Goulding family in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, by which time this was called "Goulding's Yard." An entry in 1758 gives the names of those entitled to use "the said Pump in the yard for water, the common necessary house and watercourses". The properties were sold in 1779 by Sarah Goulding (then a Mrs Brown) to John Bitton, upon whose death in 1822 and as directed in his Will the small estate was sold separately, his beneficiary living at that time in Benham Place close by. Compiled from the Manorial and other Rolls, Parish Church Register, old Title Deeds and Maps, 1960, E.R. Levett, 6 Golden Yard.
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UNDER SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF J. BOUVARD
DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE 1900 WORLD'S EXHIBITION, CH. GIRAULT. CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE TWO PALACES OF CHAMPS ELYSEES THE GREAT PALACE OF FINE ARTS. IT WAS BUILT FROM 1897 TO 1900 BY THE ARCHITECTS HENRI DEGLANE ALBERT THOMAS ALBERT LOUVET
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The Great Storm
In the early hours of 16th October 1987, a hurricane force wind swept through Ken Wood. 54 mature trees were blown down and the wood devastated. As a site of special scientific interest, the storm damage is being repaired by careful management to encourage natural regeneration. The contributions from those listed here are helping to bring new life to the storm damaged woods.
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This east wing of the south front of the Guildhall was restored in 1910 according to the original design and as built by George Dance RA in 1788.
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Knill, bart, Lord Mayor
F. G. Painter Esq Deputy Chairman City Land Committee
Sydney Perks FRIBA, FSA, Architect
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Guests and neighbours, on the site of this guest-hall once stood the lecture-room of the Hammersmith Socialists. Drink a glass to the memory! May 1962.
- News from nowhere. William Morris.
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Dedicated on September 9th 2010 on the 70th anniversary of the London Blitz. In loving memory of our father Pinkus Nirenstein, brother Phillip and sister Freda, her fiancé Morris Wolkind and the seven other people who lost their lives when a bomb destroyed 35 Harrington Square on September 9th 1940.
On behalf of Sophie, wife to Pinkus, and the siblings that survived: Phyllis Hillel, David Niren, Lily Mitchell, their children and grandchildren.
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Mary Seacole Trust: This plaque is to honour those healthcare workers who have dedicated themselves to aiding others in times of war, conflict and catastrophe throughout history 8th September 2017
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A hospital for sick poor and lying-in women formed part of the Hebra Guemilut Hassadim established in 5425-1665 and was located on this site in front of the burial ground of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Association the first cemetery acquired by Jews after their re-settlement in this country. In 5507-1747 the hospital was established as a separate institution Beth Holim and is now used as a home for the aged. Re-erected to the glory of god
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{top left} 1914-1918 Erected by residents of the central and west wards of Hendon in memory of their glorious dead.... (followed by many names)
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This memorial is also dedicated to the memory of those inhabitants of Hendon both members of the services and civilians who lost their lives in the 2nd World War 1939-1945
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On this site stood the residence of The Hervey Family. Their house was completed in 1676 and occupied the following year by John Hervey. Treasurer to Queen Catherine of Braganza. Wife of King Charles II. In 1700 the property passed to his nephew also John Hervey who became Earl of Bristol in 1714. His descendants retained it until 1955. The house was demolished in 1958 and has been twice replaced. The present building was completed in 2014.
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Hidden River 1860s. The River Fleet runs under your feet. This subterranean stream flows from the Hampstead and Highgate ponds to the River Thames
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Hitchcock and Dietrich - Marlene Dietrich, star of his 1950 thriller Stage Fright, relaxes with Hitchcock off set.
"Marlene was a professional star - she was also a professional cameraman, art director, editor, costume designer, hairdresser, make-up woman, composer, producer and director." - Alfred Hitchcock.
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Hitchcock at Work -
In a directorial pose from the Skin Game of 1931 Hitchcock is imagined directing some of his stars, including Margaret Lockwood, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre and Cyril Richard.
"In Hitchcock's eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with." - Bruce Dern, actor.
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North by Northwest, 1959 -
Hitchcock's supreme chase comedy-thriller in which Cary Grant, as urbane businessman Roger Thornhill, is mistaken for a spy and is pursued across the country by both enemy agents and the police. In this famous scene his life is threatened by, of all things, a crop-dusting aeroplane.
"It is only when you adopt the basic premise that Cary Grant could not possibly come to harm that the tongue in Hitchcock's cheek becomes plainly visible." - Hollis Alpert, Saturday Review.
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Number 17, 1932 -
Jewel thieves Brant and Sheldrake - played by Donald Calthrop and Garry Marsh - attempt a getaway to the coast on a stolen train, moments before their high speed chase ends in disaster.
"A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake". - Alfred Hitchcock
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Young Alfred outside his fathers shop Alfred Hitchcock as a boy on a horse outside his father's greengrocers shop at 517 The High Road, Leytonstone (circa 1906).
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Psycho, 1960 -
Hitchcock directs Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, who "goes a little mad sometimes", and Janet Leigh as the unfortunate Marion Crane before the infamous shower scene.
"At the end of Psycho, I realised I'd worked with the director who'd been more open to the actor's suggestions and ideas than any I'd worked with" - Anthony Perkins.
"Psycho gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days... At least he made sure the water was warm." - Janet Leigh.
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Rear Window, 1954 -
James Stewart as action photographer LB Jefferies is confined to his apartment by a broken leg. With the help of fiancé Lisa Freemont, played by Grace Kelly, he begins to suspect a murder has occurred and sets out to resolve the crime.
"I've never seen Hitchcock look through a camera - some directors never stop." - James Stewart.
Stella (Thelma Ritter): "We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy."
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Rebecca, 1940 -
Joan Fontaine as the new Mrs De Winter struggling to escape the memory of her husband's first wife, Rebecca. Here, Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson) wills her to suicide. In the background, St John's Church, Leytonstone, as it was in Hitchcock's childhood.
Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson): "You're overwrought, madam. I've opened a window for you. A little air will do you good. Why don't you go? Why don't you leave Manderley? He doesn't need you. He's got his memories. He doesn't love you - he wants to be alone again with her. You've nothing to stay for. You've got nothing to live for have you, really? Look down there. It's easy, isn't it? Why don't you? Go on, go on. Don't be afraid..."
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Strangers On a Train, 1951 -
Based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith and co-scripted by Raymond Chandler, this is the story of the psychotic Bruno, brilliantly played by Robert Walker, who suggests exchanging murder victims with Guy, played by Farley Granger, a stranger that happens by chance to share the same train.
Bruno (Robert Walker): "Some people are better off dead - like your wife and my father, for instance."
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Suspicion, 1941 -
Cary Grant as dubitable playboy Johnny Aysgarth bringing to his young, new wife a drink, which she suspects to be poisoned.
Johnnie Aysgarth: "If you're going to kill someone, do it simply."
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The Birds, 1963 -
Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels, one of the Bodega Bay residents inexplicably attacked by ever increasing flocks of birds, in Hitchcock's apocalyptic allegory.
"Hitchcock captures the subtleties of females warring with each other; all those nuances of knives and guns conducted in looks and body language. He sculpts the human body in space." - Camilla Paglia.
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The Pleasure Garden, 1926 -
A good old-fashioned melodrama, full of life, death and passion, this was Hitchcock's first feature as sole director and conveys his enthusiasm for the theatre and the music hall.
"Once a man commits himself to murder, he will soon find himself stealing. The next step will be alcoholism, disrespect for the Sabbath and from there on it will lead to rude behaviour. As soon as you set the first steps on the path to destruction you never know where you will end. Lots of people owe their downfall to a murder they once committed and weren't too pleased with at the time" - Alfred Hitchcock.
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The Skin Game, 1932 -
Based on a play by John Galsworthy, the story is about the struggle between the old English way of life and the advance of the factories into the countryside and explores how the country people and the nouveau riche can be equally unscrupulous where property is the goal.
"Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings." - Francois Truffaut.
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The Wrong Man, 1956 -
Hitchcock's bleakly realistic account of a real-life story has Henry Fonda as New York musician Christopher Emmanuel Ballestrero mistakenly identified by the police as an armed robber.
"When I was no more than six years of age, I did something my father considered worthy of reprimand. He sent me to the local police station with a note. The officer on duty read it and locked me in a jail cell for five minutes, saying, 'This is what we do to naughty boys.' I have, ever since, gone to any lengths to avoid arrest and confinement. To you young people my message is - Stay out of jail!" - Alfred Hitchcock
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To Catch a Thief, 1955 -
High on a roof, reformed cat-burglar John Robie, played by Cary Grant, is caught against a sky illuminated by fireworks as he attempts to capture the impostor who has been giving him a bad name.
"Hitchcock couldn't have been a nicer fellow. I whistled coming to work on his films." - Cary Grant.
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Vertigo, 1958 - Tom Helmore as Gavin Elster and Kim Novak as Madeline in Hitchcock's masterly study of love and obsession.
"Hitchcock knew exactly what he wanted to do in this film, exactly what he wanted to say, and how it should be seen and told. And anyone who saw him during the making of the film could see, as I did, that he felt it very deeply indeed." - Samuel Taylor, screenwriter.
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Saboteur, 1942 -
Handcuffed together, Robert Cummings as Barry Kane and Priscilla Lane as Patricia Martin escape from a gang of enemy saboteurs. In the background is the old Leytonstone High Road.
"The drama of a nation stirred to action, of a people's growing realisation of themselves and their responsibilities" - Motion Picture Herald.
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Sacred to the memory of Captain Baron Schlippenbach of Liverpool who died when in command of HMS Alexandra at Malta 20 March 1830 aged 48 years
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[a plaque used to be on the railings and read:] R.N.V.R Memorial Trophy This Trophy was unveiled on the 6th June 1931 by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales K.G. to commemorate the service of R.N.V.R. Officers and men in the Great War including 125,000 Officers and men who were trained for all branches of the Royal Navy at the Training Depot. HMS Victory VI at the Crystal Palace 1914-1918. The trophy was damaged during the/ 1935-1945 War and was restored in 1955 through the generosity of past and present members of the R.N.V.R. and their friends
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Sacred to the memory of {...illegible...} HMS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 1841 AGED 17 YEARS. THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY ADM THE HON ROBERT STOFFORD.CAP FANSHAWE AND THE OFFICERS OF HIS SHIP AS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM
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At this place New Years Day 1881 were spoken these deathless words "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive" by Mr. Sherlock Holmes in greeting to John H. Watson, M.D. at their first meeting. The Baker Street Irregulars - 1953 by the amateur mendicants at the caucus club.
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From April to August 1945, in this hotel, then transformed into a reception centre, a large party of the survivors of the Nazi concentration camps were received. Happy to find freedom and the loved ones from whom they had been torn away.
Their joy could not erase the anguish and pain of the families of the thousands of missing people who waited in vain for their loved ones in these places.
40th anniversary of the liberation of the camps. May 21, 1985