Merchant and banker. Born in Willesley, then in Derbyshire but now in Leicestershire. One of the first directors of the Bank of England. Lord Mayor of London 1700-01. That was an exciting time for him. He married his second wife Mary Gunston in 1700, and the following year she inherited what became Abney House and Park.
For thirty-six years Dr Isaac Watts was kept by the Abneys as their house guest, easily beating Dr Samuel Johnson who managed only 16 years with the Thrales.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Thomas Abney
The quote "Ages unborn..." is presumably from one of Watts' hymns or psalms b...
From British History On-line 1: The Brandon family had a residence on this site from at least about 1450. From British History On-line 2: "It was ornamented with turrets and cupolas, and enriched ...
A major construction firm with its own Wikipedia page. Henry Thomas Holloway and Henry Holloway based in Battersea. Later other brothers joined. Our picture shows a house they built in 6 days insid...
In 2010 the remains of 1,356 paupers, cholera victims and foreign sailors were removed from the graveyard of All Saints Church (on the west side of Newby Place between the rectory and East India Ro...
The listing describes the house as "C18 with exterior of 1826." That 1826 modernising was carried out by Dr. A. C. Bartley Mitcham History Notes quotes a now-dead Merton Borough page as "… became...
From St Lawrence Fountain: "Relatively little is known of the contractor for the fountain, William Thomas, other than he was based at Clipstone Street, Westminster. He was previously based from Pri...
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