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Spalding & Cross

Spalding & Cross

An architectural partnership, 1889 - 1899. From Manchester Victorian Architects: "Following the death of his then partner, Patrick Auld, on 4 March 1889, Henry Spalding  took Alfred W S Cross into...

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
Allison & Foskett

Allison & Foskett

Construction firm active 1889-96 at least. We found a directory that suggests the firm included a George Foskett.  From the Underground Map this local firm built  no. 100 Frognal and five houses i...

Group, Property

1 memorial
Sir Charles Russell

Sir Charles Russell

Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen. Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of England 1894-1900. Born Ireland. His three sisters all became nuns and his brother Matthew Russell was ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial
Old Clapham Library

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...

Building, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Ruth Ling

Ruth Ling

Longest serving councillor in Lambeth and journalist. Ruth Ling was the second of the three children of Trevor Oswald Ling (1920-1995) and Mary Ling née Inkster (1926-1973). Her two sisters were: ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cavendish House, Clapham

Cavendish House, Clapham

From Clapham Society, writing about Henry Cavendish: "... like his father he was passionately interested in science .. established his own laboratory. On his father’s death in 1783 he moved this fr...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Ernest James Golds

Ernest James Golds

A developer and a councillor. Presented a Roman relic to Clapham Library in or soon after 1912. At that time Clapham was in the borough of Wandsworth and at Fandom we have found reference to Counc...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
Old Clapham Library - Roman remains

Old Clapham Library - Roman remains

Memorial stone believed to date from the 1st century A.D. This plaque gives more information. Our picture was taken some time ago, and on a more recent visit, we found the stone was almost complete...

Place, Romans

1 memorial
Bouygues

Bouygues

French engineering group.

Group, Engineering

1 memorial
Omnibus Theatre

Omnibus Theatre

It occupies the former library in Clapham, and hosts a wide variety of pruductions.

Building, Theatre

2 memorials
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