Founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and Priory in 1123, including the church of St Bartholomew the Great, following a vow made while sick on a pilgrimage to Rome. Prior to that he had been a courtier to King Henry I. His tomb is in St Barts. Kipling wrote a poem about him. has covered this story in rather more detail.
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - founding
{The cornice above the arch reads:} St Bartholomew's Hospital, founded by Ra...
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Victorian extension
{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...
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Private Bertie Doe
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900. Died of dysentery at Ladysmith. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has endeavoured to research this man who is shown as '...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
1 memorial
St John's House
From the National Archives : "St John House was founded in 1848 as a 'Training Institution for Nurses for Hospitals, Families and the Poor'. It was a religious community run by a Master, who was a ...
1 memorial
Dr Abraham I. Silverman
Founded the Camden Road doctors' surgery in the late 1920s in the building where he also lived. Â He served there as a GP for 60 years, keeping the surgery open through the Blitz. Â It is one of the ...
1 memorial
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