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Gunnersbury Park

Gunnersbury Park

The land was purchased from the Rothschild family and the park was opened by Neville Chamberlain. The former mansion house is now a museum.

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Paddington Station Span 4

Paddington Station Span 4

Built as an extension to Brunel's original station, this covers platforms 9 - 12, and was renovated in 2010.

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Joiner Street Bridge

Joiner Street Bridge

Originally, the bridge carried an approach road to London Bridge Station. It incorporated the Warren Truss girders developed by James Warren and Willoughby Monzani.

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Cardboard City, Waterloo

Cardboard City, Waterloo

Cardboard City was the name for an informal settlement consisting of temporary cardboard shelters that occupied a site, known as the Bullring, near Waterloo station. It was lived in by homeless peo...

Place, Social Welfare

1 memorial
The Rookery - Streatham

The Rookery - Streatham

A landscaped area surrounded by Streatham Common. As well as the formal garden there are areas of woodland. Has provided a setting for many theatrical productions. The text off a number of informa...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
Surrey Docks Farm

Surrey Docks Farm

The farm provides opportunities for the people of Southwark to learn about farming and food production. Originally it was located on derelict land near Greenland Dock, and moved to its present site...

Place, Community / Clubs, Animals, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Ingleton House Boys Home

Ingleton House Boys Home

In about 1903, numbers 2 - 4 Rectory Grove, (built c.1790), were combined to form St. Hugh’s Boys Home, later named Ingleton House Boys Home,  run by an Anglican religious society named the Society...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum

Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum

Almshouses built in the early 19th century. They were originally known as the Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum. In this case, the word 'asylum' didn't indicate a home for mental ...

Place, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Borough of Finchley

Borough of Finchley

Former London borough. It was merged with the municipal borough of Hendon, and the urban districts of Barnet, East Barnet and Friern Barnet to form the London Borough of Barnet.

Place, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Mile End Old Town

Mile End Old Town

Initially a hamlet, then an administrative area but without its own associated church, a vestry. Wikipedia explains: “Mile End is recorded in 1288 as La Mile ende. It is formed from the Middle Eng...

Place, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
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