Place Name John Dudley (1504 – August 22, 1553) 1st Duke of Northumberland who was a general, admiral, and politician, and…
Place Name Some of the last fields to be developed around Richmond belonged to the Rugge-Price estate. Sir Charles Price…
PLACE NAME The heart of today’s Chinatown was in the early 17thCentury a walled exercise ground for enthusiastic amateur soldiers.…
Place Name Site of Whitehall Palace, the riverside Palace of the English kings from Henry VIII to William III, which…
Place Name Daniel Defoe (1660 – April 24, 1731) the celebrated author of Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719 and regarded…
Place Name John Dee (July 13, 1527 – 1608/1609) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist who lived…
Place Name Named after a market gardener named Dancer who was famous for his asparagus in the 19thCentury – although…
Place Name Ernest Augustus (June 5, 1771 – November 18, 1851) was created Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale in 1799 before becoming…
Place name Sir Charles James Napier (August 10, 1782 – August 29, 1853), officer and veteran of the Peninsular War in…
Place Name Both the nearby pub, that has stood here since sometime in the mid-19thCentury (the earliest landlord was registered…