Dockmanager’s Office
Former Surrey Commercial Docks
Superintendents’ Office built in 1887
and restored to its original condition
by LDDC in 1985. — — Map (db m128355) HM
St. Mary Overie’s Dock
From the 16th century
Notice
This Dock is a free landing place at which
the Parishoners of St. Saviour’s Parish are
entitled to land goods free of toll.
Wardens Office
8, Southwark St. SE1
By order of the . . . — — Map (db m118644) HM
The Glaziers Hall
Pool of London
The land in this area formed part of the site of the cloisters of the Church of St Mary Ouverie, now Southwark Cathedral. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540 it was sold and eventually bought by the . . . — — Map (db m118614) HM
This tunnel constructed by the London County Council was opened in August 1902.
Sir John MacDougall chairman of the Council; Lord Monkswell vice chairman; Henry Clarke deputy chairman; Col F. Sheffield chairman bridges comm; J. E. Sears vice . . . — — Map (db m121706) HM
To Perpetuate on this Spot
The Memory of
Robert Milligan
A Merchant of London
To Whose Genius, Perseverance and Guardian Care
The Surrounding Great Work Principally Owes
It’s Design, Accomplishment and Regulation.
The Directors and . . . — — Map (db m121703) HM
Dockland Heritage
The Colour Makers
You are standing on the Wharf of what was once a colour factory, where the raw materials of chemical colours were manufactured for use in the making of paints, printing inks, plastics, rubber and paper. . . . — — Map (db m121716) HM
West India Docks — a first for London
Opened on 27th August 1802, West India Docks were London’s first purpose-built cargo handling docks. They were the largest structure of their kind in the world at that time, placing London at the . . . — — Map (db m121701) HM
Of this Range of Buildings
Constructed together with the Adjacent Docks, At the Expence of public spirited Individuals, Under the Sanction of a provident Legislature, And with the liberal Co-operation of the Corporate Body of the City of London. . . . — — Map (db m130045) HM
Est. 1670 39 Church Street
Originally named 'The Bell' in 1670 (as detailed in the Syon Manor Court books - October 1700) renamed "The Fox" in 1749.
Towards the end of the 17th century the pub has strong links with Stephen Coles of the . . . — — Map (db m217661) HM
There has been an inn on this site since the 1600's and it was first called The Angel in 1756.
The town's first major coaching inn it was a centre for many activities - meeting place for the Court Leet, the Church Wardens and even the stables . . . — — Map (db m221640) HM
This 16th century building, standing on an ancient burgage plot, is now only one third of its original size. In the 18th century, it formed part of a part of a boarding school for privileged young ladies. It has been a shop since the 1830s. — — Map (db m244414) HM
In 1484, this site was given to Bishop Waynflete of Winchester and formed part of his endowment to Magdalen College, Oxford. This 17th century building was occupied by the furnishers Rowland, Son & Vincent for over 100 years. — — Map (db m244413) HM
This former farmhouse was occupied by Thomas Osborne (16th C) and Thomas Walker (17th C), both Mayors of Petersfield. Dr. Harry Roberts bought it in 1918 as a bookshop and workshops run by Flora Twort and other local artists. — — Map (db m244400) HM
Owned by Richard Churcher, founder of Churcher's College, in the 1690s and, in 1802, by John Small, maker of cricket balls and one of the best batsmen in England. It was the Commercial Hotel in the middle of the 20th century. — — Map (db m244403) HM
Newly built by William Bagyns in 1580, this property was remodelled by Nicholas Page in 1613. It became one of the earliest lending libraries in Hampshire in 1740. In 1788, it housed Petersfield's first printer's. — — Map (db m244397) HM
The Chesil Rectory is Winchester's oldest commercial property & one of the city's best preserved Medieval buildings.
Built by a wealthy merchant between 1425-1450, the building has been an antique shop, a tannery, a private dwelling, general . . . — — Map (db m229955) HM
There has been a mill on this site since the 12th century. The medieval mill took its name from Segrim's Fount, a stream diverted in 1360 to increase power. Segrim's was the City's principal grain mill. The existing structure was built in 1885 at . . . — — Map (db m230003) HM
The William Walker sits under the shadow of the 11th Century cathedral in the centre of Winchester. William Walker, himself a deep sea diver, was called in during the early 1900's as huge cracks started to appear in the cathedral walls.
Walker . . . — — Map (db m240340) HM
The Guildhall was located on this site from 1361 until construction of the Victorian replacement in the Broadway. The existing building dates from 1713 and is adorned by a statue of Queen Anne and the Town Clock - gifts of rival families and . . . — — Map (db m230490) HM
The ancient tidal harbour of Hartlepool had become silted up by 1800 but was the obvious port from which to ship the coal of the South Durham collieries. From 1832 the dock was scoured by using sluices to release water from the Slake at low tide. . . . — — Map (db m125901) HM
Throston Engine House was built 1838-1840 to accommodate a steam winding engine which hauled the coal wagons of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway up 14 feet (4.3 metres) to the staiths of the Hartlepool Railway, at 3d (old pence) per ton of . . . — — Map (db m125902) HM
Since the 16th Century when Henry VIII's fleet lay at anchor in Faversham Creek, an Inn has stood on this site. Originally a simple wine tavern called "The Shippe", over the centuries the enlarged "Ship Inn" became an important stagecoach stop . . . — — Map (db m244787) HM
In Memory of
Leslie Chalk. F.A.I.
Agrcultural Valuer.
Auctioneer & Land Agent
In Tenterden from
1912 to 1965
Also Mayor & Freeman of
The Ancient Borough of
Tenterden.
Summer 1993 — — Map (db m129510) HM
30 CWT ‘Cochrane’ Steam Hammer
Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd, Kilmarnock
Anchors were made by a process known as forging. Iron bars, heated in a furnace, were joined together and hammered into shape by anchor smiths. No.1 Smithery's first . . . — — Map (db m118396) HM
Brunel Saw Mill Canal Lock, 1812-14
Scheduled Ancient Monument
During the Napoleonic Wars the Dockyard needed ever larger supplies of timber for shipbuilding and repair. To satisfy this increased demand the Navy built one of Britain’s . . . — — Map (db m118486) HM
HM Submarine Ocelot, 1962
Launched in 1962 Ocelot was the last warship to be built at the Dockyard for the Royal Navy. It is preserved to commemorate the Dockyard's 20th century role as a builder of submarines. Between 1907 and 1966 . . . — — Map (db m118413) HM
HMS Gannet, 1878
National Historic Fleet
Built on the River Medway at Sheerness Dockyard in 1878Gannet demonstrates the introduction of iron and steam to warship construction. Her composite construction hull is built with teak . . . — — Map (db m118411) HM
No. 1 Machine Shop 1861; Armour Plate Shop 1865
Grade II* Listed Buildings
The decision to build HMS Achilles at the Dockyard in 1861 led to the requirement for new buildings to be able to house the machine tools required to work . . . — — Map (db m118440) HM
No.1 Smithery, 1808
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In 1805 the Dockyard Officers petitioned the Navy Board for a new Smithery at Chatham to replace an earlier and smaller 18th century Smiths' Shop as a result of the "great introduction of iron . . . — — Map (db m118480) HM
No.2 Dry Dock, 1856
Scheduled Ancient Monument
This was the site of the Old Single Dock where HMS Victory was built and launched in 1765.
As ship building changed from wood to iron and the size of vessels increased, there was . . . — — Map (db m118479) HM
During the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) the Navy Board set about minimising the impact of dry rot on ships under construction by erecting covers over all the slips and docks used for shipbuilding.
At Chatham the large slips in front of . . . — — Map (db m118410) HM
No. 3 Dry Dock, 1820; No. 4 Dry Dock, 1840
Scheduled Ancient Monuments
The dry docks were used for both shipbuilding and ship repair. During the age of sail the Navy Board built more dry docks than any other country. Originally they were . . . — — Map (db m118412) HM
North Mast Pond, 1702
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In the age of sail fir logs for mast-making were first seasoned by storing them under water in the mast ponds. This allowed the sap to die back without the resin drying out. The Dockyard had . . . — — Map (db m118489) HM
Plate-Bending Rolls, 1913
Hugh Smith & Co, Possil Works, Glasgow
One of the largest machine tools ever used in Chatham Dockyard, this set of 42ft (12.8m) plate-bending rolls weighs 200 tons. It was installed in the yard's No. 5 machine . . . — — Map (db m118483) HM
South Mast Pond, 1696
Scheduled Ancient Monument
The grey gravel area marks the location of the South Mast Pond. First dug in 1696, it is now the Historic Dockyard's oldest surviving Scheduled Ancient Monument. It was filled in during the . . . — — Map (db m118488) HM
Steam Hammer, 1955
R G Ross & Son, Glasgow
Steam hammers played an important role in iron and steel shipbuilding. They were used as part of the forging process to hammer iron, heated in furnaces, into shape. They were located in workshops . . . — — Map (db m118397) HM
The Clocktower Building, 1723
Scheduled Ancient Monument
The oldest naval store-house to survive in any of the Royal Dockyards. The Clocktower Building was constructed at the head of the docks as a 'present use store' for materials and . . . — — Map (db m118439) HM
The Victory Dock
Named to commemorate the bicentenary of the
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
and the construction of HMS Victory on this site
23 July 1759 – 7 May 1765
Vice Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE ADC Martin
Second Sea . . . — — Map (db m118436) HM WM
Timber-Seasoning Sheds, 1774
Scheduled Ancient Monument
In May 1771 the Earl of Sandwich and other Commissioners of the Admiralty Board visited Chatham and were shown how ships built with improperly seasoned timber had rotted away. Shortly . . . — — Map (db m118484) HM
There has been an inn on this site since the early 14th Century. Anne of Cleves, Queen Mary Tudor, King Philip of Spain, Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles I all stayed here, in addition to other distinguished guests including artist William . . . — — Map (db m239312) HM
This "good house" with "nice beds" described by Mr. Jingle in "Pickwick Papers", is also "The Blue Boar" in "Great Expectations". — — Map (db m240342) HM
What
Elm Hill is the loveliest old street in the City, and probably one of the best in the country. It is almost the same in appearance now as it was when most of the properties were last rebuilt, after the major fire of 1507. At that time it . . . — — Map (db m245369) HM
The Old Market Cross
Which, mounted on a Roman altar from Corstopitum, stood for some 6oo years in the market place it was removed in 1807, and restored and re-erected on its present site in 1975. — — Map (db m125639) HM
Vindolanda Charitable Trust
Roman Pottery Kiln
This fully functional replica of a Roman up-draft pottery kiln, is based on information gained from the excavation of such kilns at archaeological sites across the North of England. The body of the . . . — — Map (db m126355) HM
This monument was erected in the year 1902, on the site of the ancient market cross by the inhabitants of Rothbury and other friends in admiration and grateful remembrance of the long and useful lives of William George Baron Armstrong of Cragside . . . — — Map (db m126651) HM
The Kings Head & Bell, the oldest pub in the oldest town.
There has been an inn on this site since before 1554 making it one of the oldest, if not the oldest pub in Abingdon.
Abingdon is the longest continually inhabited town in the country. . . . — — Map (db m216274) HM
Cornmarket & Market St
Cornmarket is a busy modern shopping street that has been a main road since Saxon times. It was formerly known as Northgate Street after the gate in the city wall which stood beside the Saxon tower of St Michael's Church . . . — — Map (db m130817) HM
You are standing on Pacey's Bridge which crosses two branches of the Castle Mill Stream, itself a branch of the River Thames. The original bridge was constructed in 1770 when Park End Street and New Road were built as a turnpike road to provide a . . . — — Map (db m124320) HM
1826
Iron Pipes
For the Better Supply of Water to the Inhabitants and Shipping Were Commenced Being Laid at the Expence of the Corporation in the Mayorality of W.H. Hawker, Esq. — — Map (db m123892) HM
Merchant and Shipping Agent
Supporter of electoral reform.
Elected MP for Plymouth after the
1832 Great Reform Act.
Born, lived and worked
in this house. — — Map (db m123941) HM
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in nearby Britain Street, Portsea, Portsmouth on 9 April 1806. His father, Marc, a French Refugee, and English mother Sophia, were living in Portsmouth while Marc supervised the installation of his machines for . . . — — Map (db m123121) HM
Isambard
Kingdom
Brunel
Born Portsea
9th April 1806
Unveiled by the Right Worshipful the
Lord Mayor of Portsmouth
Councillor Robio Sparshatt
on 7th April 2006 to commemorate the
bicentenary of the birth of
Isambard Kingdom . . . — — Map (db m123158) HM
The Bull has been an inn since the fifteenth century, when the formerly galleried range in the yard was erected. Remains of an earlier roof dating from c.1350 still exist in the main block of the building.
In the fifteenth century the premises . . . — — Map (db m232799) HM
The deeds of this inn date from 1102, recorded as The Rose & Crown from the 13th Century, making this inn one of the ancient public houses in England plying its trade continually as an inn for over 600 years. — — Map (db m233207) HM
The Guild of Shrewsbury Drapers has been meeting on this site since 1465.
This guildhall was built between 1576 and 1580.
The company prospered in the Welsh cloth trade and dominated the life of the town from the 1550's until 1700. . . . — — Map (db m245363) HM
The Staines Linoleum Factory operated where the Two Rivers Shopping Centre now stands. Frederick Walton, the inventor of linoleum, opened the factory in 1864. By 1930 it covered 45 acres. It produced the first lino in the world and was the largest . . . — — Map (db m231090) HM
Richard Grainger Bicentenary
1797 1997
36 Clayton Street
West
Home to Richard Grainger
from 1842 to 1861
where he lived with
his children and
servants
City of Newcastle upon Tyne — — Map (db m126502) HM
Gallowgate Lead Works
The granite mill-stones that you see today are the legacy of an industry that dominated this site for over 150 years. When it closed in 1933, the Gallowgate Lead Works occupied all the land from this point to almost the end of . . . — — Map (db m126556) HM
Tyne and Wear County Council
1986
Sailing Ship Owners
Throughout the age of sail, this
Quayside area around Exchange
Buildings (c.1861) was home to
Newcastle's ship owners,
including such men as
R. Beckwith, H. Milvain
and T. . . . — — Map (db m126846) HM
Air Commodore
Sir Frank Whittle
OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS
This statue celebrates the centenary
of Frank Whittle’s birth in Coventry and
shows him watching the first test flight of
a jet-propelled Gloster-Whittle E28/39
on 15 May 1941 . . . — — Map (db m124938) HM
A long-standing feature of Bath Road, The Bear is a former coaching inn, thought to date from the second half of the 18th century. Until the late 19th century, it was also a posting house.
During the coaching era's heyday (in the 1830s), six . . . — — Map (db m235843) HM
Originally the Crispin Inn, this building incorporates the Shoemakers Guildhall left to the Guild in 1638 by Philip Crewe in memory of his father. — — Map (db m216343) HM
Born in Powick, John was the son of a former Mayor of Worcester. He was educated at Kings School, Worcester and studied at Oxford to become a physician Dr. Wall was one of the founders of a charitable hospital the Worcester Infirmary in 1745. . . . — — Map (db m245566) HM
Exhibition Square
Created in 1879, it takes its name from the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition of that year for which the building that now houses the City Art Gallery was erected. — — Map (db m125479) HM
George Leeman
( back )
This Statue Was Erected by Public Subscription
To Commemorate the Many Services Rendered By
George Leeman
To His Native City.
He Was
Three Times Lord Mayor of York
Elected M.P. for this City in 1865, . . . — — Map (db m125381) HM
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