John Humffreys Parry
Born Flintshire, Wales.  Came to London in 1807 to train as a lawyer at the Temple. Called to the bar in 1811. But he was unsuccessful in this profession and turned to writing about Welsh history...
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Alex Pascal
Alex Pascall, OBE is a British broadcaster, journalist, musician, composer, oral historian and educator. Based in Britain for more than 50 years, he was one of the developers of the Notting Hill Ca...
Person, Community / Clubs, Education, History, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, TV & Radio, Caribbean Islands
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Philippa Peall
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
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Peckham Society
A society that exists to encourage interest in, and to care for the environment and history of Peckham and the surrounding area.
4 memorials
Pennant's London / Of London
A book about London by Thomas Pennant, first published 1790. The Picture Source website does not make it clear that this picture is from Pennant's London, but it is such an apposite picture that we...
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Patricia Penn (Penny)
Patricia Rosemary Anderton Penn was born on 13 November 1914 in Battersea, the third daughter of William Arthur Penn (1876-1945) and Jane Winifred Penn née Hartley (1875-1923). Her father had been ...
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Organisation responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage.
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Francis Cranmer Penrose
Architect, archaeologist, astronomer and rower. Â Born Lincolnshire. Â Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral 1852 -Â 1899. Â Died Wimbledon.
2 memorials
Period Living magazine
Launched in 1990, we thought this mag had folded years ago but, 2021, it's still going.
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Sir Flinders Petrie
Archaeologist specialising in Egypt.  Born Charlton, near Greenwich. His maternal grandfather was Captain Matthew Flinders. Petrie was a self-taught surveyor with minimal university education. St...
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