Radical, MP and temperance advocate, nicknamed "Dry Wilf". Second Baronet of Brayton.
Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Cockermouth, Camborne, 1859-1906. President of the United Kingdom Alliance, 1879 - 1906.
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Wilfred Lawson Sir
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Wilfred Lawson
This statue original had figures representing Temperance, Peace, Fortitude an...
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Ralph Thrale
Son of Anne Thrale, sister of Edmund Halsey who took him into his brewery business, the Anchor Brewery. Thrale.com tells this interesting story: "When Ralph took a wife in the early 1720's, he cho...
1 memorial
Prince of Wales pub, Mackenzie Road
144 Mackenzie Road. This photo dates from the 1930s. Destroyed by a WW2 V2 rocket.
1 memorial
Rodney's Head pub
Records show Rodney's Head pub was at 4 Old Street in 1851. In 1876 this was rebuilt as shown in this drawing which is pretty much as we see it today. By 1895 it was known as Old Rodney's Head a...
1 memorial
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867. London...
40 memorials
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