Brooke House
The house dates from at least 1532 possibly much earlier. The plaque details its ownership by Henry VIII who used it as grand Hackney residence for prominent friends; William Herbert; and Edward de...
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Red Barn Public House
Located in Barnehurst, Kent. It was home to the local band 'George Webb's Dixielanders', who led a revival of jazz in Britain.
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Ealing Town Hall
Designed by Charles Jones, and built by Hugh Knight. It replaced a smaller town hall, that had also been designed by Jones. They are both in the same Gothic revival style; this one a whale compared...
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The Round School
It was the principal elementary school in Wimbledon Village, run as a charity school for poor children. Amongst its trustees was William Wilberforce who lived locally. Lord Nelson also donated mone...
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Myddelton House
This site was previously occupied by an Elizabethan red-brick building known as Bowling Green House. In 1613 Hugh Myddelton, constructed the New River, the course of which bisected the land around ...
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Pitzhanger Manor
In records prior to 1800 their names made it is easy to confuse the house that stood here with another which stood at what is now Pitzhanger Park, about a mile to the north. In 1768, George Dance ...
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London Stone
Elizabeth I's occultist, John Dee, believed this stone had magic powers. Elsewhere you may read that it is connected to the Roman Brutus but that story was fabricated in 1862. The Museum of London ...
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St Swithin's church, London Stone
Of medieval origin, the church was destroyed by the Great Fire of London, and rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. It was badly damaged by bombing during WW2, and the remains were demoli...
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Willesden Library
The newly built up Willesden area was provided with a library, completed in 1894. It was extended at the back in 1907, part funded by Andrew Carnegie. The whole back section was rebuilt with addit...
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British Lying-in Hospital
Initially called the Lying-In Hospital for Married Women. ( 'Lying-in' is an old term for childbirth). By the beginning of the 20th century it was experiencing financial difficulties which led to ...
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