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Tag: black history

Beechcroft Road, SW14

19 June 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Samuel Beachcroft (note the spelling) (July 27, 1801 – November 10, 1861) was the architect for the rebuilding and…

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Filed under: black history, cemetery, education, first, immigration, mayor, mental health, music, religion, sport

Moffat Road, SW17

1 January 2021 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Robert Moffat (December 21, 1795 – August 9, 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa, father-in-law of David…

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Filed under: black history, colonialism

Khartoum Road, SW17

30 December 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after General Charles George Gordon’s mission in Sudan to evacuate Egyptians from the city in 1883. Sudan was…

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Filed under: black history, colonalism, military, politics, victorian

Tulse Hill, SE27

17 October 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Sir Henry Tulse (died 1689) has been described as a grocer and an alderman, and in 1684 became…

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Filed under: black history, slavery

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