Architect, master builder and speculative developer. Active in London and Bedford. ÌýFrom :Ìý"...Ìýa Bedford carpenter's son who had made his name in the 1820s and '30s as a speculative builder in the South Street area of Mayfair." ÌýThat page has a lot of detail about the development in Knightsbridge. ÌýGave his address as South Street in 1837 and Putney Heath and Rutland GateÌýin 1853. ÌýÌýDied Brighton.
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John Elger
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Elger boundary
1856 Mr. Elger's freehold land extends thirteen inches eastward of this stone.
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Hubert Bennett
Architect to the LCC/GLC in 1956-71. Born Lancashire. Died Guildford. The photo shows Bennett in the white jumper at a building site preparing for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
1 memorial
Richard Norman Shaw
Architect. Born Edinburgh. Pioneer of Old English and Queen Anne styles. His London works include: 1-2 St James Street, Grim's Dyke, the Royal Geographic Society, 17 Chelsea Embankment, Bedford Par...
5 memorials
Sir Ebenezer Howard
Founder of the garden city movement. Born 62 Fore Street. Travelled to America in 1871 where he tried farming and was in Chicago at the time that it was being rebuilt after a great fire. The new su...
1 memorial
Frank Theobalds
Clerk of Works during the building of the Stanley Halls, and subsequently resident Secretary and Manager.
1 memorial
John Dower
Civil servant and architect.ÌýJohn Gordon Dower was born and died in Yorkshire. In 1945, invalided out of military service, he produced the official report which set out what National Parks in Engla...
1 memorial
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