Dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Crystal Palace Foundation
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Camille Pissarro - SE19
Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) impressionist painter, stayed on this site 187...
Paxton’s house ‘Rockhills'
On this site stood Rockhills, the home of Sir Joseph Paxton MP, 1852 - 1865, ...
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Frank Masters
Naval cadet from the training ship Arethusa, aged 14. Drowned in the tragedy at Leysdown. He was assisting the scouts at the time.
2 memorials
1 memorial
Station Hotel, Richmond
This 1893 map (extract here) shows the Station Hotel (P.H.) opposite the station but with no building behind. By 1933 this map show the PH building extending all the way back to Parkshot. The Crawd...
1 memorial
Turk's Head - Wapping
This entry discusses two pubs in Wapping, both called the Turk's Head. The Turk's Head in Wapping High Street is said to be the pub where condemned men, on their way to Execution Dock, were given ...
2 memorials
Old Clapham Library
The library on Clapham Common North Side was envisioned by Reverend George Forrester, Vicar of St Paul’s Church; Henry Bulcraig, a churchwarden of Holy Trinity Church, and William A Guesdon. It ope...
1 memorial
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