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Marylebone Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes

Incorporated by royal charter in 1854, possibly on 7th April. Still operating in 1928.

Group, Philanthropy, Property, Social Welfare

Bedford House

Building, Property

Lamas, Chislehurst

Sir John Lubbock lived here, 1861- 5. From the style of the house, he may have been its first occupant. It housed St Hugh's Preparatory School for a time.  For WW1 the School moved to Malvern and ...

Building, Education, Medicine, Property

The Potteries and the Piggeries

A notorious Victorian slum in Kensington. From the late 18th century this was an area where bricks were made to supply nearby construction sites.  As London was developed agricultural activities w...

Place, Craft / Design, Property

C. J. Kerven

See F. A. Kerven. 'The Metamorphosis of Battersea, 1800 - 1914 a Building History', an Open University thesis by Keith Alan Bailey    refers to a number of Kervens who were builders including C.J....

Person, Property