Royal Society
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge). A learned society for science, granted a royal charter by King Charles II. Â Wren was a founding member. The Soc...
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge). A learned society for science, granted a royal charter by King Charles II. Â Wren was a founding member. The Soc...
The town was founded when Dudley, Lord North (1602-77) discovered a mineral spring in the area, and after drinking the water found his ill-health had improved. He persuaded his friends to try it an...
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Former members include Field Marshal Earl Haig, and future kings Edward VIII and George VI.
A society with the aim to promote the conservation of Ruislip's heritage and to bring the history of the area to life.
Pushkin House is based at: 5a Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2TA.
The Russian Embassy is located at 6/7 Kensington Palace Gardens, W8.
Building, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Russia
Silk printer, pugilist, publican and property developer, active in the mid-1800s. Son of a prominent Summerstown family. He ran a local beer house, The Sir Jeffrey Dunstan at 47 Summerstown, and in...
Costume designer. Grew up in Trinidad in the ‘70s and moved to London aged 15 to study theatre design at college. In the mid ‘80s was selected to help with costumes for the Notting Hill Carnival Co...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Caribbean Islands
The house and gardens of what is now 694a High Road E11 have had a complicated series of uses which we have not bottomed out. The house and/or either of the two buildings in the front garden and/or...
Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games
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