On this site stood Rockhills, the home of Sir Joseph Paxton MP, 1852 - 1865, Sir Henry Buckland, 1922 - 1956.
The London Borough of Bromley
The Crystal Palace Foundation
Site: Paxton’s house ‘Rockhills' (1 memorial)
SE19, Westwood Hill
On this site stood Rockhills, the home of Sir Joseph Paxton MP, 1852 - 1865, Sir Henry Buckland, 1922 - 1956.
The London Borough of Bromley
The Crystal Palace Foundation
SE19, Westwood Hill
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Paxton’s house ‘Rockhills'
General manager of Crystal Palace 1914-49. Henry James Buckland was born in M...
Architect responsible for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Born Milton Bryan, Bedf...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Paxton’s house ‘Rockhills'
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{Beneath the arms of Archbishop Whitgift:} The Hospital of the Holy Trinity founded by Archbishop Whitgift in 1596. "to be an hospitall a...
The Corporation of the City of London Site of Aldersgate, demolished 1761
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