This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Port of London Authority
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King George V Silver Jubilee
The shield (showing the Port of London seal) above the text is surmounted by ...
Teddington Lock - 1858
We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...
Virginia Settlers Memorial
This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...
Other Subjects
Abney Park Cemetery Company
Set up to run the Abney Park cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park), this company also ran the Chingford Mount cemetery. It went into administration in the 1970s.Â
César Ritz
Hotelier. Born Switzerland, son of a peasant farmer. Started work as a waiter and worked his way up, in Paris, Vienna, Lucerne, etc. Came to London in 1889 as the manager of Richard D'Oyly Carte's...
Jahncke Ltd
From National Archives: "Tin box manufactures of Canonbury Works, Dorset Street, Islington {later renamed Dove Street}. Founded in 1873 by Ernest Jahncke and incorporated in 1893. Bryant and May ac...
Tom Thornton
Newspaper proprietor and campaigner. Born in Norwood. He became owner and editor of the Beckenham Journal, and used his influence in helping to establish the Croydon Road Recreation Ground. His pre...
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