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Index

Where individual streets, buildings and other subjects have more than one page reference, substantive references are in bold type. Symbols in the left-hand margin indicate individuals and firms known to have worked on the fabric of the area, including authors of unexecuted designs:

aarchitects, surveyors and designers bbuilders, contractors and allied tradesmen ccraftsmen, artists and decorators eengineers (civil, structural, etc.) ssuppliers of building materials, plant and fittings aA&Q Partnership 155, 158, 171, 186, 188 Albion Road 108, 113, 288–9 Abbey National 202 Albion Sugar Company 111, 114 ABC 276 Albion Terrace 289, Ill. 292 Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus 16, 145–6, 177–8 Albion Wharf 61, 114 Academy (Old Royal Military) see , Building Albury Street, Deptford 42 40 Aldershot 338, 431 Academy Place 33, 444 Alexander II, Tsar 179 aAckroyd, S. W. 28, 113, 214, 217 Alexandria, Egypt 141 Acorn Street 289 Alfred, King 2 Adair, Col. Robert A. Shafto (Lord Waveney) 334 aAllen, R. M. 228 bsAdam, William (Adam & Co.) 149–50, 335 Allen, Thomas 39 Adam’s Cottages 288 aAllford Hall Monaghan Morris 72 Adams, Maurice B. 46 aAllies and Morrison Architects 84, 187–8, 234 Adams Hydraulics 284 Allison, Sir Richard 78 Addiscombe College 425, 428 almshouses 49–50, 315, Ill. 28 Adelaide Place 435, 440 cAltenburger, Ekkehard 68 Adeyemi, Dr Tayo 78 , 315, 323, 408 aAdie, Button and Partners 388–9 Amalgamated Society of Engineers 15, 213, 226 Admiral p.h. 385 ambulance garage and stations 64, 114, 267 Admiralty Building 114 AMEC 234 Admiralty House, Whitehall 98, 425 Amicable Benefit Society 10 Admiralty Works Department 101 ammunition making see armaments manufacturing and Admiralty 22, 29, 42, 190, 242, 288, 365–9, 386, 396, 440; Royal Arsenal and Dockyard 90, 93, 96, 98, 101, 107, 109–13 Amos, Edward 253 Adye, Sir John Miller 430, 434 Anchor Cottage 375 Agamemnon 111 Anchor p.h. 282 AEI 125 aAnderson, James H. 274 Aelfrthryth 2 Anderson, John 185–7 Afghan War (Second) 362 eAnderson, Sir John 159, 164–7, 170, 173–4 agriculture 9, 68 Anderson, Sir William 177 air-raid shelters 125, 183, 268, 440–2 aAndrews Sherlock & Partners 407 aAitchison: George senior 55; George junior 55, 437 Andrews, W. S. 409 Akers-Douglas Committee 432 Anglesea Arms p.h. 396, 398–9, Ill. 414 Alan Baxter and Associates 184 Anglesea Avenue 398 Albany Homes 117 Anglesea House, 438 Albert Dock 62 Anglesea Lane 280 Albert Rooms, Eleanor Road 205 Anglesea Mews 398 Albert Terrace 240 Anglesea Road 393, 396–7, 398, 406, 408 Albert, Prince 240 Anglesey, 1st Marquess 334, 399 Albion Cottages 377 bAnglian Building Products 322–3 Albion Hall 286 bAnglo Holt Construction 217 Albion House 323 Anglo-Dutch Wars 5, 38, 90, 130, 134 Albion p.h. 289, 325, Ill. 291 Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. 124  INDEX INDEX  aAnkur Architects 397 Ashmore Road (formerly Middle Road) 434 Barnett, Isaac 251 sBennett, John 145 Ann Street, later Rush Grove 368 bAshton, Isaac 147 aBarnett, John 23, 256 aBennett (T. P.) & Son 73 Ann Street, now Pett Street, q.v. ASRA Greater Housing Association 408 Barnett, Canon Samuel 25 bBennett Construction 84 Annington Homes Ltd 417 Assembly 185, Ill. 149 aBarr, Ewen 212 Bent, Rev. John Oxenham 304 Anson, Rev. Adelbert 46, 291, 301, 304 Associated British Cinemas 276 Barrack Construction Department 36, 386 Bentham, Samuel 96, 98–9, 105 Antelope Road 102, 116–17 Associated Electrical Industries Group AEI) 125 Barrack Court 414 Beresford, Viscount 162, 225, 381 bApollo London Ltd 317 Astley’s Theatre, 80 Barrack Field 21, 342–3, 352, 358, 360, 419–20, 431, Beresford Arms p.h. 79 bAppleby (John) and Sons 272 aAtkinson: Robert & Partners 339; William 162, 416 440–2, Ill. 350 Beresford Dining Rooms 230 Arabin, Mr 7 Atomic Energy Authority (UK) 175, 442 Barrack Tavern, 421, 434–5; see also Beresford Gate 21, 27, 79, 162–3, 183, 185, 225–7, aArchigram 275 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment 442, Ill. 463 King’s Arms p.h. Ills 153–7, 216 aArchitectural Research Partnership 387 sAttersoll (W.) and Co. 149 barracks 33–6, 108, 136, 145–7 (Woolwich Warren), Beresford Square 15, 25, 28, 49, 79, 163, 197–200, 225–30, aArchitype Ltd 28, 33, 304, 324, 413 auctioneers and estate agents 29, 69, 73, 193, 200, 203, 205, 190, 247–50 (Grand Depot), 327–32, 336–43 (Royal 234, 237, Ills 184, 216–22; High Pavement 224, 228, aArdin & Brookes & Partners 241 251 ), 347 (Connaught), 362 (Green Hill), 368–72 Ill. 221; market 82, 226–7; Nos 1–5 228; Nos 6–9 207; Arif Bey 250 Augusta, Princess 354 (Marine or Cambridge), 384, 414, 422, 425, 440 Nos 10–14 229; Nos 15–18 225, 230 armaments manufacturing 9, 27, 57, 164–7, 176–7, 183–4, Aurangzeb 343 Barracks and Hospital Improvement Commission 36, 338, Beresford Street 5, 39, 67, 79–84, 187, 226, 228, Ills 47, 68, 272; ammunition 129, 134–5, 140, 144, 159, 161, 167–8; aAustin-Smith/Salmon/Lord Partnership 33, 444; Austin- 347 184 guns 41, 129, 137–40, 171–7; gun-carriages 9, 129, 155, Smith: Lord 161, 170, 185, 446 Barratt (W.) and Co. 202 Beresford Terrace 380–1, 383, Ills 397, 398 175; torpedoes 142, 177 112, 177, 179 aBarrett, W. 232 Berkeley Homes 9, 18, 22, 83–4, 135, 143, 155, 158, 171, Armed Science 334, 343, Ill. 337 Autostacker 21, 83–4, 199, Ill. 73 aBarton Willmore Planning Partnership 187, 203 175, 178, 180–1, 183, 185–8 Armouries, The see Royal Arsenal, Building 10 Auto-Stackers Ltd 83–4 Basevi, George 79 Bermondsey 114 aeArmstrong, Col. John 135–6, 145 Avebury, Lord 258 aBassett Smith, Charles Aubrey and William 437 cBernasconi, Francis 331, 423, 425 sArmstrong, William George 173–4, 176, 178 aAveston, A. W. 184 Bata 207 aBernays, Edwin Arthur 107, 109, 111, 367 aArmstrong (Edward) and MacManus (Frederick) 203, 235, baths and wash-houses 23–4, 27, 55, 254, 256–7, 294, 336, Bernstein, Sidney 74, 76 278 bBabcock Support Services 341 338, 344–6 Bertodano Lopez, Baldomero Hyacinth de 393 Armstrong Gun Factory see Royal Arsenal, Building 25 sBaber, James 354 Bathurst, Frances 7 Berwick-upon-Tweed 136, 145 Armstrong Road 186 Back Lane (now Belford Grove, q.v.) 295, 301, 305, 368 Bathway 250, 256, 258 bBessant and Brown Ltd 387 Armstrong Street 178 Back Lane (now Dairy Lane) 373 batteries, gun and mortar 110, 130, 134, 350, 360, 429, 440 Bessemer, Henry 173, 176 Armstrong-Jones, Antony 47 back-to-back houses 29, 33, 51, 72, 126, 220, 439 Battersea 157 aBethell, Frank 28, 214–15 Army and Navy beerhouse 384 Bagley, Matthew 136 bBattley, R. G. 207 Bethell, William 214 Army Medical Centre 362 bBagnold, Col. Arthur Henry 182, 431 Baudouin II, Count of Flanders 2 Bethlehem Baptist Chapel 294 Army Medical Reserve Store 359 aBailey: George 322; T. J. 28, 127, 305 Bayly, Alfred 203 Bethnal Green 316 Army Museums Trust 196 aBaily, Charles 170 Bayswater 246 Betjeman, Sir John 83, 229 Army Ordnance Corps 362 (South African War aBaily Garner 392 eBazalgette: Edward 62; Sir Joseph 62 Beverley, William 207 Memorial), 372 aBaker, Henry 297 Beasley (Charles) Ltd 229 Bevin, Ernest 311 Army Ordnance Department 112, 153 Baker, Rev. Hugh Ryves 298–9, 301, 304 aeBeatson, Col. Roger Stewart 27, 108–9, 146, 154, 159, 58; Hospital 438 Army Primary Healthcare Service 362 Baker, John 385 166–7, 170, 369, 371 Bexleyheath 240 Army Sanitary Commission 411 abBaker (George) & Son 105 Beaver Housing Society 389, 392 Bharatpur or Bhurtpore gun 343, Ill. 352 Army Service Corps 347, 411 Balency system 322 Beazley, Charles 69 eBidder, George Parker 21, 60 Army Supply Corps 113 bBalfour Beatty Building 241 aBeazley, Samuel 21, 232, 307 Biddulph, Gen. Sir Robert 389 Arnan Development Co. 231 Ball, Mark 286 aeBeckman, Sir Martin 135 Biddulph House 389 Arnold (G. E.) & Co. 114 bBall and Gammon 119 aBeddington, Nadine 201 Bill Walden House 324 sArrol (Sir William) and Co. 63 Bank Tavern beerhouse 69 Beethoven 7 aBingham, Derek 407 aArrow, James 96, 98 banks 200–3, 205, 221, 229, 237, 241, 275, 277 Belcher, John 264 Bingham, Joseph 229 Arsenal Football Club see Woolwich Arsenal Football Club Baptist chapel, Parson’s Hill 79 Belfast City Hall 259, 264 Binks, Joseph David 251 Arsenal see Royal Arsenal Baptist Housing Association 407 Belford, Gen. William 145, 342 Binnie, Alexander 66 Arsenal Station see Woolwich Arsenal Station Baptist Tabernacle 79, 81, 84, 413, Ill. 71 Belford Grove 295, 305, 368, 387 sBinns, Thomas 344 Arsenal Way 175, 179 Bank 221, 240 cBell, John 335, 343 sBird (Frederick) & Co. 347 Arsenale, Venice 148 Bardsley, Rev. Cuthbert 47 Bell Inn 51 83, 323 Arthur, Prince (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn) 240, Barefoot, William 25, 231 Bell Water Gate 5, 37–8, 41, 49, 51, 56, 59, 64, 67, 87, Biro, Tibor 283 264, 347, 383, 431 Barker, John 51, 144, 190, 228, Ills 8, 176 Ills 42–4 Birts, Thomas Pacey 205, 234 Artillery College 372 Barlow, John 57 Bellarmine ware 41 Birts & Son 205, 234, 243 Artillery Hotel 373 Barlow, Prof. Peter 367, 374, 426 Belle Vue, Woolwich Common 435 Bishop of London’s Fund 298 Artillery House, Connaught Mews 346 eBarlow, Peter William 21, 232, 307, 367 Bellevue House, Woodhill 305, 377–8, Ill. 393 Bishop: F. 228; G. 203; George 264 Artillery Place 19, 36, 332, 341, 361, 367, 386–7 Barnard, Samuel 80 Belmont Laundry 438 Black Eagle p.h. 282–3 Artizans and General Properties Ltd 82 Barnard Close (formerly Eleanor Road and part Castile Belmont Place 437–8, Ill. 456 Blackheath 21, 375, 377, 422 bArundell: (Peter) and Son 399; Thomas Henry 399–400 Road) 199, 205 Belson, Lt. Gen. George John 286 Blackwall 18, 102; Yard 90 eArup (Ove) 237, 322 Barne: Anne 130; George 39, 130; Sir William 49 Belson Road 286, 307, 315, 317, 319 Black Prince 101 Ash, John 217 bBarnes: George 409; Samuel 80, 270 Belvedere (near Erith) 215 sBlaikie Brothers 167 Ashford International Station 233 Barnes, Harman 40 aBennett, Hubert 63 Blakely, Capt. Alexander Theophilus 173 Ashlar Place 398 Barnes (Samuel) and Co. 202 Bennett, James 289 aBlanchard, Col. Thomas 361  INDEX INDEX 

Blanchett, George 378 (the elder, née Duncombe) 7, 364, Ill. 4; Frances (the British Egg Marketing Board 82 Burdon, Richard (Viscount Haldane) 440 aBland, Darren 386 younger) 364; Capt. George 7, 364; John 6–8, 118, 125, British Electricity Authority 59 bBurford, Edward 246 Bland, Henry and Hubert 383 191, 250, 281, 284, 286, 350, 364, 367, 373; Richard 5 British Gas 209 Burgess, William 56 Blest: Alexander 232; James 378 Bowater Avenue 383 British Home for Mothers and Babies and Training School aBurgess Mean 325 Blight: Isaac 7, 372; Sarah 118, 364, 372; Thomas 372–3 Bowater Cottage 364–5, 367 for District Midwives 16, 309 Burghersh, Bartholomew (the elder, 2nd Lord Burghersh) Blight, Long and Blight 7, 372 Bowater Crescent (now part of Samuel Street, q.v.) 240, British Home Stores 222 5, 393 Blomefield, Gen. Sir Thomas 141, 420 288, 373–4, 381, Ill. 289 British Hospital for Mothers and Babies 268, 309, 324, 379 burial grounds and cemeteries 2, 16, 23, 41–2, 46, 48, 87, aBlomfield, Arthur 46, 81 Bowater estate 6–9, 41, 53, 69–70, 78, 99, 118, 122, 197, 155, 175 141, 196 Blomfield, Bishop 80 245, 281–9, 294–5, 330, 350–1, 363–5, 372–3, 379–83, British Lying-in Hospital 309 cBurke, Peter 185 aBloom (Victor) and Partners 205 388, 419 British Museum 180, 184 cBurke & Co. 348 Bloomfield, Lt. Gen. Benjamin (Baron) 21, 354, 415 Bowater Farm 330, 350, 364 British Museum p.h. 286 bBurkitt, John 294, 330 Bloomfield, Harriott (Lady) 415 Bowater Grove 384 aBritish Rail Architecture and Design Group 27, 233 aBurnet (Sir John), Tait and Partners 28, 203–4 Art Carving Works 47 Bowater House 6–7, 285–6, 363–5, 367, 369, 372, Ills 377, British Rail Community Unit 234 Burnyeat, Maj. W. H. P. 196, 317 bBlore, John 159 378 eBritish Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company 223 eBuro Happold 280 Blow Up 288 Bowater Lodge 373 Brixton Development Co. 387 Burrage estate 5, 9, 41, 193, 196, 225, 229–30, 232, 234, Blue Anchor Stairs or Gate 59 Bowater Nursery 373, 375, 383 aBroadway Malyan 183, 186–8 252, 393–6, 400, 409, 414 Blue Gate, Barrack Field 343 Bowater Pond 365 aBrodie, Plant and Goddard 391 Burrage Road, Plumstead 393 Blue Peter 237 Bowater Road 118, 119, 122, 124–6 bBrogden, John (junior) 21, 307 Burrage Town 14, 393, 396, 409 eBlyth and Blyth 155 Bowes, Sir Martin 5, 49, 129–30, 144 Brome, Maj.-Gen. Joseph 342 Burrell: W. H. 338; William 18 Blythe, Rev. John 200 bBowles, William 126 Brompton Artillery Barracks, Chatham 152, 331–2, 335 Burridge House 393 Board of Health see Woolwich Local Board of Health Bowling Green Place 285 cBromsgrove Guild 265 Burtons 28, 198, 204, 209, 212, 222 9–10, 22, 37–8, 41, 80, 129–30, 134–6, Bowling Green Row 285–6, 318–19, 443 Brook Hill Estate 36, 417 Burwash, Sussex 393 143–4, 148–55, 158, 164–6, 186, 225, 245–7, 327–8, 334, bowling greens 232, 285 Brookhill Children’s and Community Centre see Brookhill Burwash Court 393 350, 357, 375, 414, 424 bBowyer, C. 305 Road (No. 130) Bury, Anna 253 abolition 15, 146, 338, 358, 428; churches 80, 230, Boxer, Maj.-Gen. Edward M. 146, 159, 165–7, 170 Brookhill Close 417, Ill. 435 Bush, William 253 400, 402, 405–6; education 16, 361, 422, see also Royal aBoyd, Andrew 408 Brookhill Meeting Rooms 413 aButler, John Dixon 27, 254, 267 Military Academy; houses 29, 33, 414–16, 434, 439; Boyd, Robert 53, 55 Brookhill Mews see Brookhill Road (Nos 131–155) Butler: Stephen 399; William Harris 247 lands 5, 7, 9, 16, 148, 225, 251, 297, 350, 367, 393, 409, Boyd and Co. 201 Brookhill Road 19, 29, 36, 393, 396, 398–9, 405, 408–13, aButterfield, William 27, 281, 298–301 411, 434; roads and railways 19, 190, 396; works man- Boyle, George Frederick (6th Earl of ) 49 417, Ill. 430 bBuxton Building Contractors 347 agement and contractors 101, 135–6, 140, 148–9, 162, aBPTW Partnership 392 Nos 2–15 (Campbell Terrace) 409, 411; Nos 19–24 bBuxton, James 410 164–6, 232, 328–9; Woolwich Common 419–20, 439–40 aBradbury (Stephen) Architects 386 411; Nos 25–34 (Greenfield Villas) 411, Ill. 428; Nos sByfield, John 46 Board of Trade 19 aBraddock, T. and P. 83 43–50 (Dundas Terrace) 409–10, Ill. 427; Nos 54–81 Byker Wall, Newcastle 33, 444 boat- and barge-building 82, 92, 96, 99, 114 bBraden, James 291 410; No. 83 408; No. 130 (Brookhill Children’s and eBylander, Waddell and Partners 82, 84, 242 Bodham, William 39 , Yorkshire 217 Community Centre) 28, 413, Ill. 431; Nos 131–155 aBodley & Hare 300 Bradley, Jane and William 409 (Brookhill Mews) 413 Cable Depot see General Post Office Cable Depot Boer Wars 17, 113, 161, 176–7, 198, 214, 348, 362, 432 bBrady, Edward 411 Brooks, George 396 cable manufacturing see telegraph and telephone Bolton, Samuel 396 Brady, Elizabeth 411 aBrooks, James 46 aCadwallader, Mike 324 Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon (Prince Imperial) 162, 431 sBramah, Joseph 157 aBroome, Jon 324 cage and stocks 49, 70 Bonn 7 eBramham, Col. James 150 bBrown: H. 229; John 437 caissons (dock) 102–3 Booth, Charles: Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the Brandon, David 347 Brown: Rev. Henry 80; Rev. John Cavis 437; Peter Edmund Calderwood, William 269 People in London 1, 16, 55–6, 213, 228, 284, 289, 338, aeBrandreth, Capt. Henry Rowland 101, 105, 107–8 230; Capt. Samuel 101; Thomas (tailor) 234 Calderwood Housing Society 324 368, 406 Bray (Herbert) and Co. 202 aBrown, Percival 114 Calderwood Street (formerly William Street, q.v.) 27, 199, Boots (chemists) 198, 204, 223 bBray, William 214 aBrowne, R. P. 304 202, 243, 254–5, 258, 269, 274, 295; Nos 2–5 297; Nos Borgard, Lt. Gen. Albert 135–7, 145, 286 sBreeds, Thomas 151 Browning, Elizabeth 286 25–30 28, 199–200, 203 Borgard Road 286, 301, 372 Brewer Place 294 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 173 aCalford Seaden Partnership 116, 325, 347, 392, 397 Borley: H. J. 228; and Munro 80 Brewer Street 193, 294, 369 eBrunel, Marc Isambard 99, 101–2, 157, 175 cCallcott, Sir Augustus 358 Boscawen 111 Brewhouse Road 392 Bruton Street, Mayfair 6 bCaller (W. E.) Ltd 413 Bostall estate 214 bBreyer Group 385 bBryen and Langley 413 Callis, Thomas 71 Bothamley, J. J. 384 Briant, W. W. 201 Buckingham Palace 118 Callis Alley 71–2 bBough, William 157 brick: -making and -fields41 , 69, 149, 229, 234, 288, 328, aBuckley Gray Yeoman 98 Callis Cottages 71 Boughton: family 42, 87, 363; Sir Edward 5; Nicholas 4–5 420–1; supply 149, 151, 330, 423, 437 Builder, The 372 Callis Yard 27, 71–2, 84, 258, Ill. 51 Boughton’s Docks see under Woolwich Royal Naval Dock- Bricklayers’ Arms p.h. 234 builders’ yards 81, 83, 114, 118, 176, 384, 386, 398, 408 Cally Hill Field 286 yard bBridel, H. 384 Building News 46 Camberley 362 Boulter, William 135 Bridger, Eliza 231 Bull Fields (now Wilmount Street, q.v.) 232, 396–7 Cambridge, Duke of (Prince George) 343, 371, 411, 431 sBoulton & Watt 99, 107 Bridgman, Dr William 435 Bull Inn, Shooters Hill 333 Cambridge (formerly Marine) Barracks 27, 33, 363–5, 367, Bovey, Grant 386 Brighton 102, 376; Pavilion 354, 357 Bull p.h. 232 368–72, 390–1, 440, Ills 383–6 bBovis Ltd 74, 202; Bovis Lend Lease 341 Britannia Tavern 286 Bull, John 397 Cambridge Barracks Road 392 Bowater: British and Foreign (Lancasterian) School 207 bBunning (J. W.) & Son 46 Cambridge Cottages 36, 411, Ill. 429 family 42; Edward (the elder) 6–7, 71, 91, 191, 220, British and Oriental Racquet Manufactory 383 Bunton Street 84 Cambridge Hotel 286 328, 363, 365; Edward (the younger) 6, 96; Frances British Council 407 sBurbidge & Healy 361, 427 Cambridge House 36, 386, Ill. 402  INDEX INDEX 

Cambridge Terrace 286 Cator, Gen. Sir William 147 Cholic Lane (now part of Woolwich New Road, q.v.) 10, 19, Clock House, Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard 26, 85, aCamp (Alan) Architects 117, 295, 408, 417 Catterick, Yorkshire 338 224, 230, 234, 245, 328, 393, 396, 414, 416 96–8, 116, Ills 81, 82, 87 Campbell: Field Marshal Colin (1st Baron Clyde) 411; Cawood, Wharton & Co. 114, 118 Christ Church, Spitalfields 144 clocks at works yards 40, 90, 96, 135, 145, 156, 158, 162–3 Duncan 96; Col. Sir F. A. 174, 178; Gen. Frederick 375; cemeteries see burial grounds Christ Faith Tabernacle 76 bClothier, Charles Henry 383 G. H. 207; Lt. James 377 Central Court 406–7 Church, George 251 Clothworkers’ Company 420, 437, 443 Campbell Terrace, Brookhill Road 409, 411 Central Electricity Board 59 aChurch, Henry Hudson 15, 27–9, 78, 80, 193, 196–8, Clubb, George 375 Campion, George Bryant 246 Central Parade see General Gordon Place 200–5, 207–9, 211–12, 220–2, 224, 229–32, 250, 253–4, Cluttons 310, 314, 319 Camus system 322 Centros Properties 241–2 256, 270, 272, 275, 288, 294, 309, 396–7, 437; see also Clyde, 1st Baron 411 Canada 46, 112, 213, 255, 266, 350 Centurion Court 386 Church and Rickwood and Church, Quick and Whincop Clyde Loop 124 Canada 61 Century Cinema see Premier Cinema Church, Timothy 29, 193, 297 Coach and Horses p.h. 52 Canada Court 408 bCERAF Ltd 207 aChurch (T.) & Son 193 Coade stone 163, 334 canals see Royal Arsenal, canal Chalmer, Col. James A. 141 aChurch and Rickwood 197, 203, 229, 251, 294, 309 Coalbrookdale 343 bCann, William and John 255; William James 368 aChambers, William 425 Church Commissioners 297, 314, 319; see also Ecclesiasti- Coat & Badge beerhouse 69 Cann’s Buildings 368 Champion, George James 205 cal Commissioners Cobbett, William 10 Cannon House see Royal Arsenal, Building 25 bChampion, William Ernest 379, 386 Church Hill 41, 48, 282–4, 286, 301, 314, 319, Ill. 281 Cochrane, A. S. 437 Canny, Harry 387 chandeliers 333, 354 Church of Soldiers’ Institute 295, 338, Ill. 343 Cock Yard 68, 70, 220 Canterbury Tavern 282 Chandler, Thomas 237 Church of 200 Cockburn, James Pattison 144 Cantii, Belgic 2 cChantrey, Sir Francis 358 aChurch, Quick and Whincop 196, 258 Cockerell, S. P. 98, 425 Capita 360 Chapel Row 286 Church Street see Woolwich Church Street bCode-Arc Ltd 116 aCapita Percy Thomas 342–3, 362 bChapman, James 201, 207–8, 211, 230, 272, 275 churches, chapels and meeting houses: 3, 16, 37, 144 Coffin, Sir Edward Pine 375 Capital and Counties Bank 229 Chapman, Capt. Richard 246 Anglican 16, 27, 41–7, 79–80, 111–12, 230, 297–301, Cohen, Joseph 201 Capon, Alfred David 250 aChapman Taylor Architects 220 309, 335–6, 346–7, 372, 432, 437; Methodist or Coignet (Edmond) Ltd reinforced concrete 178, 322 bCar Parking Ltd 203 Chappell (Francis) & Sons 247 Wesleyan 16, 18, 27, 52, 234, 284, 289, 295–7, 402, Colchester Town Hall 264–5 car parking 21, 67, 117, 199, 203, 268, 279, 318, 360, 412, Charity Commissioners 270 421; Nonconformist 16, 53, 78–9, 81, 197, 200, 203–4, Coldharbour (Farm) Estate, 311–12, 314 443; multi-storey 28, 73, 83–4, 203, 220, 235, 278 aCharles, Ethel 432 230, 253, 284–6, 294, 298, 384, 398, 400, 406, 413, 437; Coldstream Guards 341 cCardale, Chris 69 Charles Grinling Walk 291, 314, 317, 319, Ill. 319 Pentecostalist 16, 18, 72, 76, 78, 209, 301; Presbyterian Cole, Henry 165 Cardwell, Edward 371 Charles Street 294 52, 197, 406–7; Roman Catholic 16, 27, 234, 284, 393, Colebrook House 434 Cardwell Cottages 36, 371 Charlotte, Queen 354, 425 400–6 Coleman (E. Alec) Group 205 Cardwell Estate 33, 363, 390–2, Ill. 406 Charlotte Place 288 Churchill Court 386 bColeman and James (Services) Ltd 201 Cardwell (Cottages) School (formerly St Michael’s Schools) Charlton: 9, 23, 53, 67, 118, 124–5, 127, 144, 285, 288, 323, Churchill House 242–3 Coleman Street: 284; Tunnel 307 116, 298, 304, Ill. 308 350, 353, 372, 379; Cemetery 353; Common 419–20, Churchill, John (Duke of Marlborough) 135–7, 141, 327 Coles, Father Cornelius 402–3, 405–6 Carew, George (1st Lord Carew) 389 431, 439–40; Grove 136; manor 49; Pier 118; Secondary bChurchill, Robert 137, 141, 143 aColes, George 28, 77 Carew House 389 School 127; Vale 126 bChurchill, Thomas 140 aCollado Collins Architects 280 Cargill-Albion Glucose Works 114 Charlton, John 135 Churchill, Sir Winston 183, 242 Collier, Mr 328 ‘Caribbee Isles’ 51, 284 Charnock, John 414 churchyards see burial grounds and cemeteries Collingwood Street 55 Carlile, Dr 204 Charringtons 408–9 cinemas 17–18, 28, 73–4, 78–80, 212, 228, 240, 276, 336, aCollins, M. E. and O. H. 387 Carlton House 27, 327, 333, 353–4 aCharter Partnership 67 399 eCollinson, Capt. Thomas Bernard 159, 165–6 Carmel Chapel 398, 400, Ill. 413 Chartist riots 358 Cingetorix 2 Colquhoun, Col. James 165 aCaröe, W. D. 298–9 Chatham 19, 166, 250, 416, 432 Circular Road (now Way) 440 aColvin and Moggridge 307 aCarpenter Farrar Partnership 279 Chatham, 2nd Earl of see Pitt, John City Parochial Foundation and Fund 270, 272 Comer Homes Group 117, 243 Carpenters’ Arms p.h. 52, 57 Chatham Dockside Outlet Centre 106 Civic House 279 Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment Carr, William (Viscount Beresford) 162, 225, 381 Chatham Dockyard 40–1, 88, 90, 93, 103, 106–7, 112 Clacton 19, 60 (CABE) 186–8, 280 Carr Grove 288, 309, 324 Chatham House, Woolwich Common 434 Clancys, formerly Lord Howick p.h. 126, Ill. 113 Commissioners for New Churches (1711) 9, 42 Carroll, Joyce 318, 443 Chauvin, George von 124 Clara Place 196, 203 Commissioners of Military Enquiry (1810) 152 Carroll, Cpl. Patrick 286 Cheetham, Joseph 164 Clarence Arms p.h. 98 Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings 267 Carter, Edmund 208 Chelsea Barracks 341, 347 Clarence Place, Woolwich Common 435 Commons Preservation Society 440 bCarter, George 386 bChessum (J. J.) and Sons 228 aClark, Edward 80 Commonwealth Buildings 85, 113–14 bCarter, Thomas 159 Chester 265 bClark, John 150 cComper, Ninian 301 sCarter (A. T. S.) Ltd 250 Chester Properties Ltd 199 Clark, Thomas 50, 118 sComposite Structures 67 Carter (George) and Sons 201–2 Chesterfield Properties Ltd84 , 196, 203–4, 242 aClark (John) Associates 212 Comprehensive Development Area see St Mary’s Cartwright, John 116, 279 Chestergate House see Maritime House aClarke, E. F. C. 46 Comprehensive Development Area Carvilius 2 Chestnut Place 289 aClarke, G. W. 222 Concrete: Cashmore, Maud 379 Cheylesmore, Lord 66 Clary, Julian 242 foundations and piles 63, 114, 178, 180; frames 29, Casson and Conder 318 Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley 112 bClassgrade Ltd 307 55, 58; in situ panels 417; mass 55, 58, 62, 102–3, 170; Castile Road (part now in Barnard Close) 203, 324 Children of Men 220 Clavell, James 170 precast 63, 82, 102, 200, 203, 209, 212, 223, 242, 305, Castle (Henry) & Sons 118 children’s centres 304, 307, 413 Claydown Mews 346–7 317–18, 322, 390, 440, 442; prestressed 384; reinforced Castle: Inn 79, 204, 266; Tavern 266 sChinchen, Messrs 151 sCleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. 63 113, 118, 124, 155, 161, 178, 182–3, 209, 268, 278, 316, Castlewood (Day Hospital) 438–9, Ill. 461 chips (waste timber) 93 Clifton Lodge 408 413; reinforced and board-marked in situ 63–4, 274 Cater Rentals 387 CHISEL see Co-operative Housing in South-East London aClive Button, Searles and Associates 231 bsConcrete Ltd 29, 318–19, 317–18, 384, 443 Catherine Square 368 cholera 22 Clock House, Green’s End 242 Confiance 101  INDEX INDEX 

Congreve: Lt. Gen. Sir William (the elder) 155, 350, 353, courts: coroner’s 256, 309; county 27, 78, 256; magistrates’ Daniel, Marion 37–8 Dickson, Maj.-Gen. Sir Alexander 79, 141, 147, 358, 415, 358; Lt.-Gen. Sir William (the younger) 157, 159, 353–5, 27, 267; police 245, 253, 266–7 Daniels (Joseph) and Co. 386 Ill. 369 357–8 Couture Food Hall 186 Daniels (C. and A.) Ltd 223–4 Dickson, Gen. Sir Collingwood 358 Congreve Lines 362 Coventry 5, 47, 112 aDannatt (Trevor) and Partners 258, 270 Didden, Francis George (Frank) 270 Connaught and Strathearn, Duke of (Prince Arthur) 240, Cow Yard 68, 71 aDannatt Johnson Architects 28, 307 Dieselhorst, W. 124 264, 347, 383, 431 aCowell, Keith 186 Danzig 39 sDiespeker Ltd 268 Connaught Barracks 347, 411 aCowper, Edward 106 Dartford Ironworks 159 Dignity Caring Funeral Services 247 Connaught Estate 390, 412–13, Ill. 430 bCox, Joseph 96 Dartford manor 3 Dinmore, Edward 229 Connaught Mews see Hospital cCox & Buckley 300 aDauda, Al-Rasheed 386 Diocese of Board of Education 304 conservation areas 184 cCrace (J. G.) & Son 335 Davidson, Col. William Leslie 228 Direct Labour Organization see under Woolwich Borough Conservative Party (in Woolwich) 23–5, 29, 231, 396 Craggs: family 137; James (the elder) 135; James aDavies, Benjamin 252, 396, 409 Council convicts and convict hulks 10, 96, 98, 101, 148, 150, 157, (the younger) 143 Davies, George Boyer 251 Director General p.h. 251, Ills 244, 245 164, 344, 402 Craig and Davies 386 Davis, Lewis and David 29, 57, 200, 212, 242, 437 dispensaries 114, 309, 344 Convoys Ltd 114 cCraig-Martin, Michael 234 bDavis House 204 Disraeli, Benjamin 15 Conway, Gen. Henry Seymour 328 Crane, William 37 Davis’s Checkerboard Homecare Supermarket 212 Dissolution of the Monasteries 5, 129 Conyers, Sir Baldwin 49 aCrawley, John 400, 304, 405–6 Davisson and Bowman 72 sDitchburn and Mare 102 Cook, John 22, 118, 367 aCresy, Edward 307 aDawbarn, Graham 315 Ditchwater (Dishwater) Lane see Nightingale Place aCook: John Oliver 71, 205, 214, 285, 367, 438; (J. O.) and Creton Street 81, 84, 211, 222 sDawnay, Archibald 307 aDixon, G. W. 442 Son 384 aCrew, John Thistlewood 369, 375 Day’s Passage (later Bowling Green Row, q.v.) 285 aeDixon, J. Rush 25 cCoomans, F. 362 Crewe 176 Day’s Southern Drug Co. Ltd 275 Dixon, Reginald 76 bCoombs, H. 396, 438 aCrewe, Bertie 28, 275–6 aDB Architects 386 aDLA Architecture 444 Cooper, Henry 210 Cribb, Tom 49, Ill. 27 eDean & Dyball Civil Engineering 66 aDobby Foard and Partners 67 Cooper (H. G.) Ltd 398 110, 159, 164–7, 171, 334, 360; ensuing cDean, Francis 144 Döbler, Abbé Clement 7 bCo-operative Building Society 214 reforms 15, 36, 166–7, 171, 250, 338, 372, 385, 428 bDean (J. & J.) (Contracts) Ltd. 63–4 22, 64, 187, 190, 229–30, 233–4 Co-operative Funeralcare 114 Crimean War Memorial 331, 343, Ill. 351 bDebut Services 341 docks see shipbuilding or Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard Co-operative Group 243 bCrisp (John) Ltd 387 Deeper Life Bible Church 301 Dockyard Chapel 111–12, 116, 298, Ills 100, 101 Co-operative Hall, Powis Street 201 aCromie, Robert 212 Defence Estates 341, 343, 350, 360, 362, 433 dockyards, private 37, 87, 96; see also Woolwich Royal Co-operative Housing in South-East London (CHISEL) Crooks, Will 25, 176, 214, 226, 264, 275, Ill. 11 Defence Infrastructure Organisation 360 Naval Dockyard 324 Crosland, Anthony 275 sDekarte 220 Dog Yard 68, 71–3, 217, 220 Co-operative Institute 79 aCross, Christopher 278 Delaney, Father James 402 Dog Yard brewery 72, 190–1 Co-operative Insurance Society 125 Cross Street 232, 233, 234 Dell Angling Society 360 Dolcis 198, 202, 204 Co-operative Wholesale Society 217, 220 Cross Street East 232 Delvan Street 437 Dolphin Square, Pimlico 250 co-operatives 10, 15, 17, 33, 93, 113–14, 177, 213–20, 328, Crosse & Blackwell, 71 Denison, Cdr. Conyngham A. 228 Domesday Book 2 393, 413–14 Crossrail 22, 84, 146, 176, 187–8 aeDenison, Lt. Sir William Thomas 21, 23, 26–7, 33, 101–2, aDonaldson, B. C. 223 Coopers’ Arms p.h. 70–1 Crout, Mabel 25, 312, 315 107–8, 297, 369–70, 375, 440 Donaldson, Sir Hay Frederick 177, 181 Coopers’ Company 51 Crowley, Maj.-Gen. John 339 Denmark 323 aDonaldson, Thomas Leverton 406 Copenhagen 313, 322 Crown and Anchor p.h. 52 Denmark House 323 sDorman Long & Co. 182, 265 cCorbould, E. H. 46 Crown and Cushion p.h. 51 Dent, William 305, 378 Dorothy Perkins 204 aCorney Newman 73 Crown and Masons’ Arms p.h. 52 Department of Practical Art 165 Dorset, Capt. Michael 147 Cornish, Henry 221 Crown Building 279 Department of the Environment 297, 407 ‘doudies Carribbe’s’ 284 Cornwallis Road 164, 175 Crown Estate 184 Deptford: 2, 42, 76, 85, 112, 207, 295; Dockyard 39, aDouglas Moat Practice 201, 212, 217 Coronet Cinema 78 aeCrozier, Col. Henry Darley 158, 176, 180 41–2, 88–91, 93, 96, 98, 101, 110, 112, 440; Power aDouglas, Marriott, Worby and Robinson 125, 203 Coryton, Gen. John Rawlins 379 Cruickshank, William 346 Station 57 bDouglass, S. A. 55, 383 Costa Coffee 200 Crystal Palace 165 Derby Arms p.h. 126 bDouglass, Halse & Co. 71 bCostain 444 Cube House 421, 434, Ill. 438 aDerbyshire, Nick 233 ebDoull, Sgt. Alexander 19, 21, 247, Ill. 10 cottage flatssee maisonette flats Cubow Ltd 114 Derham, Samuel 144 Doull, William 19 Cotter, Father Jeremiah 403, 405–6 Cuff, Sidney H. 198, 211 Desborough, Col. John 385 sDoulton and Company 214 Council for the Promotion of the Higher Training of Cuffs, Powis Street 198, 199, 211–12, Ill. 200 aDesign West 243 bDove Brothers 274, 359 Midwives 379 Cunis (W. R.) Ltd 114 Deusi House 367 aDownes Planning Partnership 297, 396, 398 Countess of Huntingdon 78 Curtis, Lt. 375 Deutsch, Oscar 77 Downman, Gen. Sir Thomas 361 Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion 230, 400 Cutlers’ Company 229 Devlet I Giray, Crimean Khan 39 drainage and sewers 15, 21, 23, 55, 220, 284, 347, 378 County House 444 Cutt’s Stairs or Gate 52, 59 Devonport Dockyard 40–1, 90, 93, 110 cDrake, Frederick 288, 298 County of London Development Plan (1951) 234, 274, 313 Cyril Henry Nursery School 307 Devonshire Place 286 drapers and clothiers 70, 197–8, 200, 202–12, 214, 217, County of London Plan (1943) 312, 388 aCZWG Architects 188 Deynacourt Ltd 203 221–3, 396 Courage Ltd 229, 317 Dial Arch see Royal Arsenal, Great Pile drill grounds, halls and sheds 82, 228, 358, 360, 371, 417, Court, Charles Henry 230–1 eD’Aubant, Lt. Col. Abraham 148, 150 Dial Arch Square see under Royal Arsenal 430 Courtney, Terence 116 D’Eye, Dean 386 Dial Square Football Club 142 drinking fountains and troughs 48, 226, 284, 362, 440 aCourtney Pope and Co. 212 Motors 276 Dicey Street 437 cDrury, Alfred 215 courts and alleys 29, 70, 73, 126, 220, 222, 228, 284, 286, Dairy Lane 373 aDick, Tony 335 aDRW Architects 385, 409 368, 373, 385 Dale, Henry and Robert B. 222 sDick, Kerr & Co. 242 dry docks see Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard, docks  INDEX INDEX 

Dublin Barracks 329, 331 Edgware Road 7 aEtchells, Frederick 80 Fieu, Father Seraph 403 Dubois, Nicholas 136 Castle p.h. 287–8, 289, Ills 287, 288 Etheridge, Mr 294 Fifty New Churches Act (1711) 42 Duchess of Kent beerhouse 397 Education Department 305, 407 European Regional Development Fund 185 aFiggis (T. Phillips) and Munby (Alan Edward) 27, 272–3 Duchess of Kent theatre 80 Edward III 141, 266 European Union 184 Fine Fare 221, 224 Duchess of Wellington p.h. 234 Edward VII 182, 265; as Prince of 338 Eustace, William 286 Firepower (Royal Artillery Museum) 129, 145, 161, 167, Dudok, W. M. 76 Edwards, Henry John 69 Eustace Place 286, 298, 304 170, 185, 360 Duke of Connaught Coffee Tavern and Royal Assembly Edwards, J. Passmore 48 Evangelical Alliance in Woolwich 407 fires and arson: Rooms 240, 256, Ill. 236 Egypt 113 bEvans, J. E. 126, 384 Clarence Place, Woolwich Common (1840) 435; Duke of Cumberland p.h. 328 Eleanor Road (now Barnard Close) 196, 199, 205, 213 Evans, Rev. Lewis 414 Great Harry p.h. (2011) 277; Mulgrave School (1999) Duke of Sussex p.h. 79 Eleanor Walk 324 aEvans (Montagu) and Son 202, 274, 276 307; Polygraphic Society (1793) 421; Powis Street Duke of Wellington p.h. 250, 274 Electric House, Powis Street 27, 209, Ills 195, 196 aEve, W. 114 (2011) 202; Royal Arsenal (1805) 159; Royal Artillery Duke of p.h. 234 electricity supply 25, 57–9, 73, 122, 155, 176, 209, 241–2 bEveritt, Robert 69, 229 Theatre (1903) 336; Royal Military Academy (1873) Duke of York’s Cottages 33, 439, Ill. 462 p.h. 229, Ill. 222 aEverson, Sydney F. 274 430; shipwrights’ windmill (1760) 414; St George’s Duke on Horseback p.h. 52 Eley, Col. Edward 237 aEverson and Searles 274 Garrison Church (1944) 348; Woolwich Warren (1802) Duke William p.h. 52 aEley and Allen 203, 228 Ewart, Peter 107 155, 350 aeDummer, Edmund 40, 90–1 aEley and Rickcord 83, 229, 315, 325 Exeter Cathedral 298 First World War 17, 113, 129, 176, 183, 348 Duncan, Col. Francis 407 Eliza Terrace 377 sExpress Lift Co. 66 aFisher, H. A. 79 Duncombe: family 7; Frances see Bowater, Frances Elizabeth I 88, 266 bFitch, Robert 135 Dundas: Col. H. B. 297; Rear Adm. Sir James Witley Ellington House 434 eFaber, Oscar 125 eFitzmaurice, Maurice 66 Deans 410; Col. William Bolden 141, 164–5, 375, 406 Elliott, Frederick 209 factories 114, 119–25, 134–5, 155–61, 164–79, 250, 294, fives and rackets courts147 , 294, 334, 337, 425, 429–31 Dundas Terrace, Brookhill Road 409–10, Ill. 427 sElliott (Samuel) and Sons 237 379, 383, 387, 421; see also industry and manufacturing fives racketssee sports-equipment manufacturing bDunger, W. 411 Elliston-Erwood, F. C. 42, 318 Fage, Col. Edward 155 flats, private Dungiven Castle 384 Elliston House 318–19, 390, 443, Ills 322, 323, 347, 406, faience 73, 77, 217, 221–2 conversions to: pre-1940 380; 1945–90 211; since Dungiven Terrace 385 430 sFairbairn and Co. 167, 171 1990 155, 158, 180, 183, 186, 200, 203, 243, 343, 347, Dungiven Villas 385 Elmdene Road (formerly Hanover Terrace) 409, 411 sFairbairn Engineering Company 178 362, 386, 409, 434, 439 bDunk (William) Ltd 98 Elphinstone, George (Admiral Lord Keith) 150 Fairbrother (E.) & Co. 397 purpose-built: pre-1940 29, 56, 118, 126, 202–3, 212, Dunkirk 339 Elsinore House 323 abFairview Estates (Housing) Ltd and Fairview (New) 221, 229, 310, 385; 1945–90 310, 324, 387, 389, 407; Dunn (G. A.) and Co. 201 Elswick, Northumberland 173–4, 177 Homes 33, 117, 386 since 1990 117, 180, 186, 188, 295, 324, 386, 389, 396–7, Dupin, Baron Charles 358, 424, 439 Eltham: 2, 9, 17, 24, 29, 112, 242, 311, 347, 419, 421, 438; bFairweather and Ranger 114 408–9, 417, 434, 443 Durkan, Danny 433 Lodge 419; manor 3–5; Palace 266; Vestry 258 Falklands War 184 flooding and floodplain 2, 18, 38, 87–8 Durkan Estates 433–4 Elwes Terrace 378 bFalkus Bros 387 Fludger, Henry John 411 cDurst, Alan 315 Elysium Cottage 126 Family Mosaic 438 bFludger, William Henry 410–11 Dusthole 16, 55–6, 81, 289 Emberton, Joseph 217 Faraday, Michael 16, 178, 426 Flushing–Breskens ferry 63 Dutch wars see Anglo-Dutch Wars aEmes, J. A. 73, 205 Faraday 119 Food Production 241 Dyer, Edmund John 200 emigration (from Woolwich) 15, 112, 176, 213, 266 Faraday Way 122, 125 Foote, Lt. Col. Barrington 338 bDyson, C. G. 408 sEmpire Stone Co. 202 aFarmer, W. G. 237 aFord, Alan 47 Empire Theatre (formerly Theatre Royal) 80, 83, 228, sFarmer and Son 222 abFord, Col. Charles G. 358, 428 Eardley-Wilmot, Maj.-Gen. Frederick Marow 171, 173, Ill. 70 farms 99, 118, 148, 161, 245, 289 aFord (Thomas) & Partners 47, 163, 299 334, 360, 427 enclosures 419, 440 Farndale, Gen. Sir Martin 185 aForeman, A. L. 114, 214, 217 Earl, John 76 Endean (J. F.) and Son 230 bFarnsworth, James 409 bForeman, Charles 383 Earl of Chatham p.h. 250, Ill. 274 Enderby, Samuel 434 Farquharson, Col. 378 aForge Architects 439 Earl of Warwick p.h. 284 Enderby’s Wharf, 119 bFarrar (G. B.) and Co. 207 Fort George 329 cEarp, Thomas 48 Enfield, Harry 242 aFCS Building Design Consultants 84 Fort Passage 409–10 aEast 187 Engels, Frederick 166 Fehrenbach, Emilian 251 Fort Tavern 409, Ill. 426 East Company 18, 40, 90, 96, 422, 425, 428 Engineer House, Mill Lane 27, 393, 416–17, Ill. 434 Fellowes, Thomas 93 fortifications134 , 155 East Street, formerly part of Warren Lane 49 Engineer Road 437 Female Hospital 416 Fortune of War p.h. 234–5 East Street (now Bathway, q.v.) 250 aEnglish, Lt. Col. Frederick 361 bFenn: Ambrose 237, 377; Ambrose J. 379; J. Scott 398 aFoster, C. J. 276 East Thames Corridor 184 bEnglish, John 246 Fennell Street 437 Foster, Richard 298–9 Eastern Counties Railway Company 19, 55, 60 English Heritage 171, 184–5, 188, 433 Fensham: family 437; Charles 435; John 434–5 aeFoster, Col. Thomas 166, 361 Easterns Ltd 200 English Partnerships 148, 161–2, 184–6 Fenwick, Capt. Howard and Rebecca 434 aFoucquet, Henry 145 Easton and Anderson 177 Enon Chapel 53, 285 Fenwick Street 437, Ill. 460 foundations 58, 63, 102, 114, 150–4, 159, 170, 178, 180, sEaston Lift Co. 66 aEpps, Walter M. 237 Ferranti, Sebastian de 57 182, 298, 316 aEaton (Richard M.) Associates 385 Equitable House 17, 28, 190, 198, 204, 224, 234, 237–40, ferries 5, 18–19, 61–4, 66, 118, 148 foundries see under iron and Royal Arsenal Ebenezer Building 76 241, Ills 231–5; see also Woolwich Equitable Building Ferry Cottage 78 Foundry House see Royal Arsenal, Building 23 Ebenezer Chapel 203 Society Ferry Eel & Pie House 51 Fountain Close 408 Echo 101 Erith 2, 21, 58, 87, 129, 177 Ferry Place (formerly Cock Yard) 70 Fountain House 409 Ecclesiastical Commissioners 17, 29, 281, 291, 310–11, 319 Erskin, Capt. 229 Ferry Road 118–19 Fountain Tavern 408–9 École Militaire, Paris 144, 423 Escreet, Rev. Charles 16, 25, 46–8, 310, 379 Ferry Wharf 118 sFountain Workshop 237 Eden Place 126 Escreet (formerly Rectory) Grove 291, 310–11, 319, 371, Ferryview Health Centre 325 aFowler, Francis E. H. 297 Edgar (King) 2 390, 392 ’s Live Architecture Exhibition 313 absFox, Henderson & Co. 105–7, 155, 165–6, 175, 177, 407  INDEX INDEX  aFrampton, Alfred 386 Geast, John 150, 420 bGoad, William Vogel 203 Council: 25, 63–4, 69, 125, 163, 184, 389, Frances Street 6–7, 9, 16, 281, 284–6, 304, 315–19, 363–4, Gee (Alfred) & Co. 396 cGoddard & Gibbs 301 443; Architect’s Department 304–5; Historic Buildings 367–8, 372–3, 383–9; Nos 3–7 386; Nos 11–21 384, Ill. aeGee, Robert L. 25, 84, 235, 312, 317–18, 390, 435, 437, 443 bGoddard & Sons 403 Division 164, 287, 372, 391; planning 227, 318; road- 400; Nos 71–393 315–17, 319, Ills 320, 321; Nos 4–6 386; cGeldart, Ernest 299–300 Godfrey Hill 289, 324, 373, 375, 383, 389 building 79, 163 Nos 8–10 (Elizabeth Court) 387; Nos 150–194 317 Geller, William 396 Godfrey House 375 Greater London Estates Development Co. 221 Frances Street Mews 373 Geminex Hotel and Leisure Management 84 Godfrey Road (formerly Street) 289, 383, 389 Greatest Store in the World, The 220 Franco-Prussian War 176 General Board of Health 23 Godwin: George 372; William 328 eGreathead, James Henry 64 Fraser: Rev. Hugh 22, 291; Maj. Hugh 379; Robert S. 174, General Electric Company (GEC) 125 Golden Anchor Stairs 59 cGreen, Thomas 137 179 General Gordon Place (now part of General Gordon Golden Cross p.h. 282 Green, Rev. William 246 aFraser (Ian) and Associates 201, 207, 222, 224 Square, q. v.) 198, 199, 203, 234, 237 Goldie (dog) 237 Green Dragon p.h. 52 Fraser House 310, 319 General Gordon Square 18, 28, 67, 84, 190, 199–200, 224, Goldsmith, John 376 Green Dragon Stairs 59 Frederick, Sir Charles 146, 148, 328 234–7, 240–2, 279–80, Ills 229–32 Goldsmith’s Company 49 Green Hill: 360, 362; Barracks 36, 362; Battery 360; Frederick House 323 General Havelock p.h. 286 eGomme, Sir Bernard de 130, 134 School 28, 361–2, Ill. 373; Terrace 362 Free Ferry Mills 61 General Post Office Cable Depot114 aGoodrich, Simon 99 Green Park 353 Freeman, Hardy, Willis 201 gentrification18 , 33, 186 bGoodwin, J. 379 Green’s End 9, 40, 190, 192, 196–7, 199, 205, 224–5, 228– Freemasons’ Hall, Powis Street 197, 201 George and Dragon p.h. 52 Gordon: Gen. Charles George 161, 234, 266, 426, 434–5; 30, 234, 237, 245, 250, 277, 393, 396, Ills 180, 184, 215; Freemasons’ Tavern 286 George III 96, 148, 355, 419, 434 Elizabeth (née Enderby) 434; Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Nos 10–11 242; Nos 12–17 200; Nos 18–19 (Elephant and Freeson, Reg 417 George IV p.h. 291, 317 William 112, 161, 434 Castle p.h.) 229, Ill. 222; Nos 20–24a 201, 229 Fremlin Brothers 288 George IV 355; as Prince Regent 27, 333, 353–4 aGordon: Max 84; Rodney 205 Green’s Gymnasium, Leicester Square 49 French (W. & C.) Ltd 58 George Place 284 Gordon Broadway 234 aGreene, Col. Godfrey T. 107, 111, 367, 372 Friendenburg, Daniel 397 George Street 285, 286 Gordon Riots 342 Greenhill Court 362 Frogmore 425 Georgian Group 287 Gordon Square see General Gordon Square Greenlaw, Rev. William 23, 50, 284, 297 Frost, William 209, 211 Ghent see St Peter’s abbey, Ghent bGorham, F. J. 127 Greenlaw Street 48, 50, 284, 307, 315, 319 Fulham 323 aGibberd (Frederick) Partnership 362 Gorman, Albert 391 17, 177 eFuller, F. M. 63 Gibbs, James 264 Gorman Road 369, 391–2 Greenwell, William 40 Furlong: Edwin 55, 205; Herbert 237; John 73, 205 247 Gormley, Antony 185 Greenwich 2, 25, 41, 72, 78, 124, 129, 250 Furlong (John) and Son (Furlongs) 78, 205, 208, 214, 255, bGibson (C. H.) 79 abGosling, William 29, 286, 381, 460 (n.130); and Son 437 Greenwich, London (now Royal) Borough of 1, 9, 25, 27, Ills 191, 192 Gibson, Donald 339 Gosset: Capt. Arthur 375; Col. William Driscoll 23, 416 63–9, 84, 96, 162–4, 184–7, 200, 203, 212, 217, 227, Furlongs Garage 28, 72–3, Ills 59, 60 eGibson, John 178 aGotch (Laurence), Saunders and Surridge 277 234–7, 240–3, 253–4, 258, 269, 278–80, 286–7, 372, 387, eGilbert, F. S. 64 Gough Street 82 408, 433 Gabriel, Ange-Jacques 423 Gilbourne, William 5 Gough’s Yard 81–2 Direct Labour Organization 116, 391–2, 443; Gabriel, Isaac 224 Gildersome Street 437, 443 Government House 393, 414–15, Ill. 433 Housing Committee 312, 318, 443; 29, Gabriel’s Corner 224 Gill, Rev. William 298 aGrace, Lionel Upperton 28, 237 33, 116, 319, 317, 324–5, 385, 389–92, 408, 412–13, Gaiety Arcades 202 aGill (John) Associates 407 Gradidge: Herbert 383, 387; & Son’s factory 387 442–4, see also Cardwell Estate, Connaught Estate, Red Gainsborough, Thomas 7 sGillett & Bland 430 bGraham, George 72 and Cambridge Barracks Estate, Woolwich Common bGalbraith Bros Ltd 444 sGillett and Johnson 214 abGraham, George Hall 48, 50, 255, 294, 375, 384, 434, 460 Estate and Woolwich Dockyard Estate; road building Gallions Housing Association 98 Gillman and Spencer 114 (n. 130) 48; schools 127, 297, 304, 307 Gallions Reach 130, 256 aeGimson, Wallace H. 25, 29, 59, 82–3, 258, 268, 278, 283, Graham, Sir James 101 Greenwich, Royal Borough of 25 aGalton, Capt. Douglas 338, 417 311–15, 324, 440 Grain (Isle of) 98 Greenwich Action Committee Against Racism 69 Gandy Deering, J. P. 79 Ginman (R.) and Son 247 Granada Cinema 17, 18, 28, 74–6, Ills 51, 61–5 Greenwich and Woolwich Lower Road 125 Ganney, W. E. 207 sGirling’s Ferro Concrete Co. 212 Granada Cinema, Tooting 76 Greenwich Council see Greenwich, London Borough of Gannon, William 272 Gladstone, William Ewart 15, 112, 371 Granby, Marquess of 328, 389 Greenwich Development Agency 209 garages, motor 28, 64, 72–3, 83–4, 113, 124, 247, 267, bGlanfield, T. 399 Grand Depot 235, 245, 247–50, 251, 254, 278–9 Greenwich Foot Tunnel 66 291–4, 360, 362, 386–7, 400, 435 aGlanville, Benjamin 93 Grand Depot Road 279–80, 342–4, 347, 350; No. 20 Greenwich Heritage Centre 129, 141, 161, 185 Garden Place (now Rideout Street, q.v.) 373 Glass (House) Yard 5, 41, 51, 56–7, 67 (Civic House) 279 Greenwich Hospital 185, 440 Gardiner and Company’s Scotch House Ltd 221 glass: etched 250, 258; making 9, 41; painted 230, 427; Grand National Jubilee (1814) 353 cGreenwich Mural Workshop 69, 116, 209, 241 Gardner, Lt. William Bethel 377 stained 141, 266, 301, 304, 348, 403–4, 432, Ills 126, 260 Grand Theatre, Beresford Square (proposed) 228 Greenwich Observatory 242 Garrett, Robert Surman 28, 211 Glebe House 319 Grand Theatre, Wellington Street 275–6, Ills 273, 275 Greenwich Palace 130, 135 Garretts 28, 198, 199, 211, Ills 198–200 Glebe Land Brewery 291 Grangewalk Developments 84 19, 21, 440 Garrison Close 446 glebelands see Rectory estate Grant, Bishop Thomas 405–6 Greenwich Police Court 268 Garrison Dispensary 416 cGleichen, Count 362, 432 Gravatt, William 144 Greenwich Poor Law Union 50 Garrison Theatre see Royal Artillery Theatre aGlen, W. R. 276 Gravesend 19 Greenwich Road (now part of Woolwich Road, q.v.) 99 gas supply 22, 46, 56–7, 166, 209, 255, 336 Glen Mohr Cottage 125, 127 graving docks see shipbuilding Greenwich Sikh Association 297 bGascoyne, William 405–6 Glenalvon House 323 Graydon Street 437 Greenwich Theatre 242 Gatehouse p.h. 98, 116 Glenalvon Way 289 Great Exhibition (1851) 165–6 Greenwich Town Hall 279 Gateway (supermarket) 241 Glennie, Thomas 378 Great Harry p.h. 276–7 Greenwich Waterfront Development Partnership 184 Gateway House 78, 295 Globe Lane: 38, 56, 58; Power Station see Woolwich Power Great Harry 37, 87 Greenwich’s Council of Social Service 47 Gatti, United Carlo 114 Station Great Pile see under Royal Arsenal bGreenwood (John) Ltd 207 bGaze (W. H.) and Sons 222 Globe p.h. 282–3 Great Universal Store group 211 Gregory, Alice 309, 379 aGear, A. H. 408 Glover, James 396 Greater London Authority 185 eGregory, E. 440  INDEX INDEX 

Gregory, Prof. Olinthus 426, 434 Haldane, Viscount 440 Harrington estate 15, 289 Henry Street 286 Greig, David 198, 204, 221 Hale and Richbell 118 Harrington Road (now Harrington Way) 118–19, 122, 125 Henry, Sir Charles Solomon 307 Grenadier Guards 341 Half Moon Street, Mayfair 7 Harrington’s Buildings 286 Henry, Julia (Lady) 307 Greyhound p.h. 315, 319 bHall, George 410 aHarris, E. Vincent 27, 241–2 bHenshaw, John 42 bGrieef (George) and Son (David) 251, 255, 410–11 Hall, James 214 bHarris, James 125 Hepworth (Joseph) & Son 198, 204 Griffiths, Thomas 402, 405 sHall, John and Edward 159, 162 aHarris, John 407 Herbert, Sidney (Lord) 250, 338, 347–8 bGriggs & Sons 124 Halle au Blé, Paris 357 sHarris, Joseph 150 aHerbert (G. Alan) Associates 141 Grignion, Charles 144 Halliday’s Buildings 397 bHarris, William 202, 224, 305 aHerbert and Helland 124 Grimaldi, Joseph and Mary 286 Hallifax, Dr Thomas 375 Harris (John) and Co. 202 Herbert Cottage 444 cGrimsey, Tom 227 bHalse (F. C.) and Sons 384 Harris (W. J.) and Co. 211 Herbert Hospital 440 Grinling, Charles Henry 25, 291, 440 aHamilton, J. V. 314, 319 aHarris (J. Seymour) and Partners 207 Herbert Road 446 Grinling House 319 aHamilton (Hector) Associates 187, 199–200, 209, 212 bHarris and Wardrop 78 Hereford Cathedral 425 Grisbrook: Joseph 205, 367; (Joseph and Edward) & Co. sHamilton’s Windsor Ironworks 178 aHarrison, Geoff 390 Heriot, George 144 202, 211 Hammersmith College of Art 275 aHarrison, James 232 Heritage Lottery Fund 185, 350 sGrissell, Henry and Martin 107, 154, 170 Hammond, Hugh 202 eHarrison, M. 21 Heritage of London Trust Operations 350 bGrissell & Peto 102–3, 107, 358 Hampshire 177 sHarrison & Harrison 47 aHerron, Ron 27, 274–5 Groom, Simon 237 sHancock & Shepherd 333 aHarrison Design Co. 143 Herschell, Ridley Haim 397 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair 7, 199 cHand, Richard 230, 335 Harrods 215 Herwin (William Rufus), Canny and Co. 387 bGroundwork Thames Gateway London South 68 Hanging Wood 127, 285, 350, 375 Hart, Judah 202 Hexagon Housing Association 324 Grove, The 50 Hangingwood House, Woodhill 377–8, Ill. 393 Hart & Williams 399 Heywood, Richard 5 eGrover, Lt. J. W. 178 Hanks, Henry 398 Hartley, Arthur 124 sHeywood Glazing Systems 67 bGrover: (John) 122; (John) and Son 267 Hanover Terrace see Elmdene Road aHartwell, Robert 146 aHibben, Harry 392 bGroves: John 140, 147, 328, 344, 421; (O. H.) & Co. 319; aHansard, Octavius 196, 205, 211, 385 Harvey House 443 sHick (Benjamin) and Son 159, 165, 167, 170, 175 (Harry) and Son 319, 387 Harden, Samuel see Hardin bHarwood, Charles 380 bHiggs, William 111, 372, 430 Guards’ Crimea Memorial, Waterloo Place 343 Harden House 323 Hastings, Sir Thomas 164 bHiggs and Hill 201 Guelfi, Giovanni Battista 137 Harden Street 289 Hastings House 390–2, 443, Ills 322, 323, 347, 379, 406 High Pavement 224, 228, Ill. 221 Gula Investments 82 Harden’s Manor Way 118, 124, 125, 126 Hastings Street 186 High Street see Woolwich High Street Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Estates 82 Hardin, Samuel (the elder) 99, 118, 330, 420 aHaward, Birkin 339, 444, 446 bHilfe Construction Co. 325 Gummo, William 396 sHardin, Samuel (the younger) 99, 289, 330, 423 Hawkins Court 324 cHill, Jane 137–8, 143 gun proving 129–30, 134, 148; see also proof butts Hardin’s Lane 57 Hawksmoor, Nicholas 26, 136–7, 139, 141, 144, 371 Hill, Sarah 7–8 Gun p.h. 400, 402, 405, Ill. 414 Hardin’s Wharf 118 Hay’s Wharf Ltd 114 Hill House see Hillreach (Nos 51–52) Gun Wharf (Yard) 5, 37–9, 41, 49, 53, 56, 84, 87, 129–30, aeHarding, Lt. Col. George J. 154, 360, 434 Hayes, Adam 93 bHill Partnership 438 134, Ill. 18 Harding, Samuel see Hardin aHayes, Bob 324 Hill Street see Hillreach gun-carriage making see armaments manufacturing and Harding Lane 51, 57 Hayes, Sir John MacNamara 346 Hillier Parker 184 Royal Arsenal Hardinge: Lt. Col. Richard 165; Sir Henry 389 Hayman’s Cottages 408 Hillreach (formerly Hill Street) 19, 358, 362–3, 367, 372–3, gun-carriage sheds 360, 429 Hardinge Crescent 186 Hayre, John see Hare, John 375, Ill. 383; Nos 1–13 373, 386; Nos 20–35 386; Nos Gundulph, Bishop 3 cHardman & Co. 403 abeHayter, Capt. George 22, 140, 148–51, 155, 157, 247–50, 40–49 (Beresford Terrace) 380–1, 383, Ills 397, 398; Nos gunmaking see armaments manufacturing and Royal aHards, Victor 443 329–330, 332, 335, 342, 346, 351, 353, 367, 420, 422–3, 51–52 (Hill House) 379–80, Ill. 396; Nos 53–57 384 Arsenal aHardwick, Philip and Philip Charles 55 434 Hilly Field 409 Gunner Lane 36, 417 Hardy and Co. 212 aHayter, John 146 Hinds, W. 201 gunpowder 38, 135, 144, 250 aHare, Cecil 300 bHayward, Henry 135 Hindu temple see Ram Darbar Gupta, Rajinder Pal 398 Hare, John and Richard 71–2, 191, 220 aHayward, John 93 aHines (A. J.) and Co. 207 Gurdwara Sahib (formerly Methodist Chapel and Soldiers’ Hare Street 5, 19, 21, 28, 50, 62, 70, 189, 196, 198–9, Hayward’s fire doors 217 Hiort, John William 353 Institute and Sunday School) 18, 27, 295–7, 324, Ills 202–3, 220–4, Ills 45, 47, 201 aHazle McCormack Young 408 aHLM Architects 27, 280, 342 297, 298 Nos 1–13 212; Nos 15–21 221; Nos 23–25 221; No. 27 Headroom Properties Ltd 417 cHoadley, George 46 aGustafson Porter 28, 237 221, Ill. 185; Nos 29–31 221; Nos 33–37 221; Nos 41–45 Hedge Row 285–6 Hoar, Fred 237, 375 Gwilt, George 191 221; No. 47 221–2; Nos 51–61 (Burtons) 222, Ill. 213 Helen Street 232, 240 Hoare and Co. 295 Gwinnell (E.) and Co. 207 Nos 2–10 222; Nos 12–16 222–3; Nos 18–28 (Wool- aeHemming, Maj.-Gen. N. H. 27, 113, 175, 431–2 Hobby, John and Mary 420 gymnasia 270, 307, 337, 339, 341, 347, 386, 429, 431, 433 worths) 198, 199, 220, 223, Ill. 214; Nos 30–34 223; Nos aHempsall, John 147 bHochtief Construction AG 188 36–42 223–4; Nos 44–46 224; Nos 50–58 224, Ill. 185; cHems, Harry 288, 298, 300 Hodgson, John 247 aHabershon, F. 229 Nos 60–62 224 Henderson: Charles Archibold 212; John 246; Oliver 70, Hodgson & Morgan 247 Hacking Committee 183 sHarland and Wolff 66, 209 203 Hog Lane (later Nile Street) 38, 50–3, 55, 62, 67, 193, Hackney 313 Harlinger Street 103, 117 cHendrie, Herbert 47 Ills 29, 30 Hadden, Capt. James Murray 246, 420 Harlow New Town 315 bHenesy, Frank Charles 295, 379, 383, 386 Hog Lane Stairs or Gate 59–60 Hague, The 7 Harmer, Ebenezer 204 Henley, William Thomas 119 Hogg: A. F. 272; Brig. O. F. G. 146 Ha-Ha Road 19, 343, 367, 439–42 Harmonic Hall, Powis Street 201 Hennebique reinforced concrete 113, 118, 182 Hogg, Quintin 270, 272 ha-has 342–3, 423, 425 aHarper Sarraf Sheppard Associates 307 Henry I 3 College 127 Haigh, A. H. 46 aHarrap (Julian) Architects 145 Henry II 3 Holden, Charles 233 aHaines, S. M. 223 Harrington: George Henry 125, 286, 373; Georgiana 373, Henry VIII 1, 37, 85, 266 Holderness, Robert Fitzroy 378 HAIS cable 124 384; Joseph 8, 118, 125, 286, 289, 373, 384 Henry Grace à Dieu 37, 87 Holiday, William 328  INDEX INDEX 

Holiday Inn Express 84 Hovis 309 Iron and Steel Institute 119 bJohnson (J. E.) & Son 259 aeHoll, Edward 41, 99, 101, 369 bHow, Alfred 406 iron and ironwork: bJohnson (William) and Co. 307 bHolland & Hannen 124, 335; Holland, Hannen & Cubitts bHoward Farrow Ltd 318 balconies 155, 161, 178, 336; corrugated 106, 111, aJohnson’s Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co. 319 184, 335, 338 aHowe, William 444 179; decorative 27, 48, 66, 111–2, 135, 165, 170, 343, aJohnson-Marshall, Percy 313, 315–16 Holland Committee 339 Howick, Lord 337, 360, 369 371; foundries 41, 99, 108, 166, 170–5, 179; gates 135, aJohnston, Lt. James T. 430 Holland Wharf 118 Howick Mansions 126, Ill. 113 163, 170, 346, 430; railings 48, 59, 164, 217, 221, 267, Jolly: family 15; John Robert 23, 62, 240 abeHolloway, Capt. Charles 148, 329, 346 Hubbard, J. G. (Lord Addington) 298 273, 353, 372, 381, 416–17, 423, 429; structural 99, bJolly, James 255, 383 bHolloway, H. L. (of Deptford) 126, 208, 211, 256, 294 Huddart, Joseph 41 105–9, 111–2, 114, 135, 152–3, 155, 159, 165–80, 214, abJolly, Robert 22–3, 29, 255, 288–9, 291, 297, 384, 434–5, Holmes, Basil 48 bsHudson, George 29, 193, 203, 250, 255, 288, 396 217, 240, 347–8, 356–8, 361, 369–70, 430 460 (n.130) aHolmes, T. P. 274 Hudson, John 250, 270 Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Shropshire 101 aJolly, William Thomas 384 Holy Trinity, Beresford Street 47, 79–80, 227, 291, 297, bHudson, Joseph 291, 435 Ironmongers’ Company 170 bJolly and Burgess 251 Ills 69, 184, 216 Hudson, Mary 193 Irving: Edward 400; Sir Henry 275 Jolly Sailor p.h 286 Holy Trinity, Dockhead 402 bHudson and Burgess 50, 193, 229, 409 Irwin, James 344 Jolly Shipwright p.h., Woolwich Church Street 282 Holy Trinity priory, Aldgate 5 Hughes, Col. Sir Edwin 24 Island Business Centre 275 Jolly Shipwrights p.h., Woolwich Common 328, 342–3, 414 Holyoake, George J. 213 Hulk Alley 284 Foot Tunnel 66 eJones, Alexander 67 Home, Gospatric 387 bHull, Robert 437 aJones, Edward 278–9 Home and Colonial Stores 198, 221, 242 eHulley and Kirkwood 342 aJ. S. Designs 319 aeJones, Col. Sir John Thomas 79, 162, 164, 355, 360, 416, Home Counties House Property Co. 203 bHumphreys, J. 124 Jack’s Canteen 373 434 Home for Destitute Jews 14, 397 60 cJackson, F. A. 300 bJones, Brevet Major Rice 355 Home for Mothers and Babies and Training School for bHunt, Henry 385 Jones, William 70 District Midwives 116, 379 aHunt Thompson Associates 318, 391–2, 444 Jackson, George 221 bJones (J. M.) & Sons 318, 443 Home Office 278 eHusband (H. C.) & Co. 63 cJackson, Harry 214 cJordan, C. M. 362 Homes and Communities Agency 237, 325 cHutchinson, Mr 423 Jackson, William Parry 23, 286, 397 aJosephides, A. P. 417 aHookey, William 101, 105 Hutchinson Committee 184 bJackson and Shaw 119 acJudah, Gerry 116, 186 Hooper, Ewan 242 aHutton, Prof. Charles 16, 19, 144, 360, 421–2, 424, 426, Jackson Street 437, 443–4 Julius Caesar 2 Hope Cottage 375 434 Jackson’s Lane now Jackson Street, q.v. Jutland House 323 Hope Place, Sandy Hill Road 409 aHutton, George Henry 421 Jackson’s Woolwich Journal 397 aHopkins, John Douglas 79, 255, 375, 415 Hutton, Len 387 Jacob’s Corner 431, 440, 444 K6 telephone kiosk 343 bHopkins, Thomas Nevill 197, 291 Huxley, Thomas Henry 361 Jacobite Rebellion (1715) 135 Kahn reinforced concrete 124 Horder, Lord 268 Hyde Housing Association 84, 347, 386, 398, 417 Jacobsen, Arne 322 Keats, G. W. 58 Horse and Star p.h. 282 Hyde Park 353 James: Alfred 295; Benjamin 421; E. W. 437 Keemor Street 437, 443 Horse Guards, Whitehall 164 hydraulic power 154–5, 166 James (John) & Co. 379 bKelk, John 21, 232, 307 sHorseley Bridge and Engineering Company 230 James Clavell Library see Royal Arsenal, Building 18 Kelsey Housing Association 397 Horsley, Canon J. W. 16, 23, 440 ice houses 350 James Clavell Square 186 bKemp, Edward 232 hospitals and health centres 16, 146–8, 268, 281, 307, 309, Imagine Homes 386 James Street 437 Kempt, Sir John 434 325, 327, 343–7, 363, 368–9, 372, 379, 411, 416–17, 434, immigration (to Woolwich) 10, 14, 18, 41 sJans 403 Kempt Street 443 438 Imms, George 373, 383 Jardine, Capt. Lt. Alexander 328 Kempt Terrace 434–5, Ill. 458 aeHoste, Col. Sir George 164, 334, 440 Imperial Co-operative Stores 396 JD Sports 209 cKenna, Carol 69, 241 hostels 81, 235, 278, 407 Imry Property Holdings 235 Jefferies, Isaac 383 aKennedy (J. W.) & Co. 84 hotels and inns 10, 84, 217, 228, 231, 234, 286, 328 Incorporated Church Building Society 299 Jefferies and Malings 383 aKennedy Woodward Partnership 398 Hough Street 82, 84 Independencia 113 aJefferson, J. E. 295 Kenroys 231 Houghton, Capt. 414 industrialized building see system building and prefabrica- Jeffery, Hetty 253 Kent 1–2, 5, 10, 15, 19, 23, 28, 211 houses: tion Jehner, Isaac 421 sKent, Charles 298 pre-1700 50–1, 129–30, 134, 282–3, 363 industry 9, 15, 28, 37, 41, 55, 83, 93, 108, 116, 118, 125, Jelfe, Andrews 136 Kent and Surrey Building Society 196, 437 1700–1800 7, 28, 69–71, 93, 98–9, 144–7, 220, 137, 186; see also factories and manufacturing Jellicoe, Geoffrey 314 Kent House, Powis Street 28, 193, 197, 202, 211, 215, 229–30, 245, 281–6, 294, 393, 396–8, 414–17, 419–21 Infectious Disease (Notification) Act 1889( ) 23 Jenkins, David 25, 311–12 Ills 198–200 1800–1850 14, 29, 79, 81, 118, 125–6, 161, 192, 197, eIngealtoir 116 Jenkins, Rev. William 27, 295 Permanent Benefit Building Society later( 220, 240, 250–2, 270, 281–94, 310, 363, 367, 373–84, aeInglis, Col. Thomas 173, 176–8 eJenkins and Potter 412 Kent Reliance Building Company) 247 397, 404, 409–10, 434, 438–9 aIngram, W. G. 71; Ingram, Son and Archer 126 bJerrard (S. J.) and Sons 204, 212 Kent Tobacco Works 69 1850–1900 15, 36, 56, 126, 203, 211, 228, 253, 275, Inner City Enterprises 184 aJervois, Maj. Sir William Francis Drummond 428–9 Kent Water Works Company 256, 365, 367, 440 286, 288–9, 294, 304–5, 363, 378–9, 384–6, 393, 396, Inner London Education Authority 25, 127, 304–5 Jews, Home for Destitute 14, 397 Kent Wharf 118 398, 400, 405, 408–11, 434, 437 inns see hotels and inns Jim Bradley Close 324 Kentish Independent 23, 275, 397, 444 1900–1940 295, 310–11, 379, 383–4, 386, 398, 444 International House 33, 407–8 bJL Construction 203 Kerrington Developments 203 1940–1990 304, 324, 389, 417, 444, 446; see also International Students’ Housing Society 407 John, King 190 Key Homes Fund 84 public housing bInterserve (Defence) Project Services 341–3, 362 John II, King of France 266 Keyham, Devonport Dockyard 110 since 1990 116–17, 186, 281, 324–5, 347, 385–6, 389, io Group 176, 185–6 John Street 289 23, 137 392, 398, 413, 417, 434, 439 Ireland (Republic of), National Asset Management Agency John Wilson Street 21, 48, 63, 74, 79, 294, 301, 313–14, Kidd: Henry 289, 375, 381; Jabez 373–5, 377, 379; housing associations 33, 117, 186, 324, 363, 392, 438 434 317, 319, 324–5, Ill. 406; No. 103 294, Ill. 296 Samuel 375 Housing of the Working Classes Act (1890) 29 Irish Republican Army 18, 373, 415 aJohns, Slater & Haward 339, 417 Kidd Street 289, 305, 320, 378 Housing Subsidies Act (1956) 315 Iron Age fort 2, 37, 68 bJohnson: Frederick 240, 437; John 96 Kidderminster 323  INDEX INDEX  aKinder, F. 274 Larsen-Nielsen system 281, 322–3 abLlewellyn (Walter) & Sons Ltd (Llewellyn Homes) 116 Long: John 7–8, 14, 22, 72–3, 99, 118, 284, 288–9, 291, cKing, Brian 396 Lasdun, Denys 316 aLlewelyn-Davies 161–2, 185–6 363–4, 372–3; Sarah (née Blight) 373, 375 King: John 140, 416; William 385 aLaslett, Thomas 46 Lloyd, Mrs B. 319 Long’s Court see Mortgramit Square King (W. J.) Ltd 387 aLatham, Paul 415 Lloyd, Gen. Vaughan 22, 350, 420, 439 Long’s Gate 362 King Street (now part of Kingsman Street, q.v.) 284, 289, aLatimer, William 145, 159, 328, 342, 344 sLloyd & Ostell 150 Long’s Hotel 373 291, 304, 371 laundries 15, 113, 190, 256, 368, 437–8 Lloyd (W.) & Son 275 Long’s Wharf 101, 118–19 King’s Arms p.h. (King’s Arms Tavern and Royal Artillery bLavender, McMillan Ltd 202 Lloyd George, David 183 Longstaff, Michael 375 Hotel) 362–3, 372–3, Ill. 387 cLavers and Barraud 348; Lavers & Westlake 404 201, 229 Lord Clyde p.h. 409, 411 King’s Head p.h. 52 Lavey, George see Leavey cLobb, Stephen 69, 116, 241 Lord Derby beerhouse 126 King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery see under Royal Lawrance, Alfred and George 229 Local Board of Health see Woolwich Local Board of Health Lord Howick p.h. 126, Ill. 113 Regiment of Artillery cLawrence, Richard 68 Local Government Act (1888) 23 Lord Roberts’ Terrace 417 Kingsbury, Middlesex 5 bLawrence (Walter) and Son 279 Lockwood, George John 277 Lord Warwick Street (formerly Warwick Street) 213, 281, Kingside Industrial Estate 114 Lawson, James and Henry 444 lodging and boarding houses 16, 33, 50–2, 55–6, 284, 337, 284, 311–13, 315, 319, Ills 282, 318 Kingsman Parade 116, 315, 319, Ill. 318 Leake, Capt. Richard 134 378, 385, 397, 422 aLouis de Soissons Partnership 84 Kingsman Street 281, 284, 291, 301, 304, 310, 313, 315, Leavey (George H.) and Co. 222, 237 Lolland House 323 Love Lane 234, 245, 247, 250, 279–80, 294, 304, 324, 330 317, 319; Nos 1–99 315, Ill. 329 Lee 64 London and Colonial Wool Cleaning Co. 118 Lovelace: Francis 130; Richard 130, 266; Sir William 130 aKinton, Thomas 255 Lee District Board of Works 258 London and County Bank 203 Lower Market Street 245, 250, 256, 269, 270, 272, 275 Kirk family 53 sLeeds Fireclay Company 217 London and Greenwich Railway 19 Lower Pellipar Road (now part of Godfrey Road, q.v.) 383 bKirk, Charles 297 Lefroy, Gen. Sir John Henry 177, 358, 360 London and Middlesex Banking Company 229 Lower Wood Street 379, 383, 385, 387 bKirk: Frank 57; John 57, 61, 177 Leicester/Leicestershire 7 London and Provincial Bank 275 bLucas Brothers 157, 166, 170–1, 173 bKirk & Kirk 324, 335, 339, 389 Len Clifton House 392 London and Quadrant (Housing) Group (formerly aLuder (Owen) Partnership 28, 205 bKirk and Parry 57, 159, 166, 177, 361 Lennox, Charles (3rd Duke of Richmond) 148, 247, 332, Association or Trust) 33, 47, 116, 281, 307, 324–5, 387, bLunn, William 149, 330 bKirk and Randall 57, 114, 127, 176–7, 242, 298, 305 342 392, 434 Lunnon, Miss 384 Kirkwood, Mr 385 Lenwade, Norfolk 323 London Boot Co. 198, 204, 212, 224 aLutyens, Robert 28, 202 Kitchener, Lord 177 Leon Street 294–5 London Bridge 5, 61 aLuxford (L. R.) and Associates 98 Kitchener House 434 Levi, Peter 397 London, City and Midland Bank 200 Lyddiard, Hugh 49 sKleine Co. 217 aLewis and Hickey; Lewis (W. A.) and Partners 202 (LCC) 1, 23, 25, 62–6, 73, 83, Lyford Street 324 Knatchbull, Sir Edward 22 2, 21, 199 126, 183, 198, 220 Lynes Ltd 202 Knight, F. G. 46 Liberator Permanent Building and Investment Society 205 Ambulance Service 64; Architect’s Department 27, Lyons (J.) & Co. 198, 204, 207–8 cKnight, Geraldine 335 libraries and reading rooms 16, 24, 27, 55, 71, 147, 170, 63–4, 82, 241–2, 274, 283, 305, 313, 315, 389, 435, 443; Lyons (Eric) and Partners 446 aKnott and Mercer Design Partnership 98 204, 214, 228, 230, 234, 247, 257–8, 267, 273–4, 297, children’s care247, 268, 307; councillors 312; engineers sLysaght (John) Ltd 179–80 aKomisarjevsky, Theodore 28, 76 331, 334–5, 337–8, 360–1, 371, 385, 425, 430, 433 63, 66; fire stations307 ; licensing 400; Medical Officer Lysons, Daniel 48 Kopp, Augusta 437 Lichfield, 2nd Earl of 46 of Health 408; planning 17, 198–9, 203, 227, 235, 242, Krupp, Essen 176 Liddle, Sir John 372 278, 281, 311–17, 388, 412; public housing 9, 29, 311–17, Mabbett, Mrs 444 bLidgbird: family 141, 420; Henry 137, 143 320–3, 388–9, see also Milne Estate, Morris Walk Estate Mabel Polley House 444 Labour Party (in Woolwich) 25, 203, 231, 264, 311–13, 391 Lidl 84 and Walpole Place; road improvements 21, 79, 82, 242, bMcAlpine (Alfred) Construction 392 Labourer’s Friend Society 15, 440 Limavady, Ireland 196, 324, 384 317; schools 81, 127, 305; slum clearances 83, 311–12; aMcAslan (John) + Partners 434 Lacey, John 373, 375 Limbery, William 118, 286, 374, 377, 380 street-naming 234; technical education 272–4; Tram- Macbean, Maj.-Gen. Forbes 421 bLAD Construction 347, 398 Limbery’s Buildings 286, 311 ways and Improvements Act (1902) 242; tramways 27, Macbean Centre 209, Ill. 197 Laing, Oliver 103 Lime Street Station, 106 190, 241–2; see also Woolwich Foot Tunnel, Woolwich Macbean Street (formerly Union Street) 79, 81–2, 84, 209, bLaing (John) Construction 390, 392; Laing Homes Ltd 446 Limehouse 41 Free Ferry and Woolwich Polytechnic 211 Lake, William Charles 428 Limes, The 374–5 London Development Agency 148, 161, 185, 187–8 MacDonald Egan Developments 72 bLakehouse 304, 325 Linby, Paul 39, 134 London–Dover road see Watling Street McDonalds (restaurants) 1, 114, 189, 199, 210 Lambert, Edward 251 Lincolnshire 39 London Electric Supply Corporation 57 McGhee Terrace 325, Ill. 329 Lamella roofing system 230 Lindsay House 310, 319 London Electricity Board 82, 209 bMcIntosh, Hugh 157 Lamerton, John 253 aLindy, Kenneth 348 London Equitable Finance and Discount Co. 203 McIntyre Court 324 Lamport Close 315, 319 Ling, Arthur 313 London Government Act (1899) 258 aMcKenzie, R. W. 387 bLancsville Construction 117, 158 linkbridge 2000 116 London Housing Trust see London and Quadrant McKinnon Wood Committee 183 aLander and Bedells 298; Lander, Bedells and Crompton Linnell, John 7 (Housing) Group MacLaren, Archibald 431 201, 224 Lion Brewery 72, 220 London International School of Business and Law 127 MacLean, Col. Sir Joseph 141 eLandmann, Col. George 19, 144 sLion Foundry Co. 124 London Library 182 McLeod: Alexander 213–15; Lt. Gen. Sir John 330, 332, Landmann, Prof. Isaac 144, 422, 424, 434 198, 212 London Planning Advisory Committee 184 415 Landscape Villa 411 Lister, Maria 438 London School Board see School Board for London aMacManus (Frederick) and Partners 278; see also Langhorne, Sir William 49 Lister Bros 438 London Steamboat Company 60 Armstrong and MacManus Lansbury Estate, Poplar 312–15 Little, Anna Victoria and Maj. Robert John 440 London Theatres of Varieties Ltd 276 Macmillan, Dr John 268 aLansley, Alastair 233 Little, Jacob 385 London Transport 242 Madkins, Joseph Meads 22, 118, 373, 419 Lantern House 344 Little Heath 359, 367 London United Costermongers’ Protection League 226 aMagma Architecture 442 Larkhill, Wiltshire 327, 333, 335, 338, 341, 343, 358, 362, Littler, Agnes Mary 336 London Zoo 318 Magnetic Office 361 432, 440 Littlewoods Mail Order Stores 203 bLonergan Brothers 224, 229, 307 Mahmud II, Sultan 250 aLarkin, Jim 390 Liverpool Street Station 233 Long Pond 350, Ill. 362 Maisonette, The, Plumstead 438  INDEX INDEX 

maisonette flats29 , 118, 126, 385 Martin, Alexander 231, 400 mess rooms and canteens 7, 145, 267, 307, 329–35, 339, Mocock, George 253 Maitland, Maj.-Gen. Eardley 177, 179 sMartyn, H. H. 265 341, 346–7, 350, 360, 370, 372, 417, 431 Molyneux, Rev. Capel 79, 414 Majendie, Col. Vivian 298 abMartyr, Richard 46, 284 Messent, John J. 247 aMonckton, Henry Percival 196, 211, 221, 272, 385–6 malaria 10, 23, 422 Martyr’s Passage 284 Methodist Chapel, Calderwood Road see Gurdwara Sahib sMonk, H. 149, 151 Malings: family 383; Charles (the elder) 28, 383 Mary, Princess 354 Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) 23, 27, 61–2, 193, Monk: Richard Powis 196; Canon William 404 Malings and Taylor 383, 387 Marybank 319 200, 220, 307 Monk Street 196, 203, 235, 294, 324 Mallet, Robert and Mallet’s mortars 362 Maryon Grove 378, 389 Metropolitan Commons Act 440 Montague Burton Ltd see Burtons Mallett, Edward 273–4 School 28, 125, 127, Ills 106, 107, 114 Metropolitan Drinking Fountain Association 440 Montpelier Row, Blackheath 286 aManley, John 444 Maryon Park 289, 320 Metropolitan Fire Brigade 307 monuments and memorials 48–9, 137, 186, 215, 250, 301, aMann, Colin 413 Maryon Road 289, 320, 378, 444 Metropolitan Police 22, 27, 108, 117, 253, 255, 258, 266–7 331, 343, 347–8, 355, 358, 362, 432 Mann, Crossman and Paulin 51 Maryon Wilson see Wilson Metropolitan Police Act (1839) 266 cMoore, A. L. 47 Manners, John (Marquess of Granby) 328, 389 Maryon Wilson estate 53, 285, 353, 378 Metropolitan Police Court Act (1839) 266 Moore, John 396–7 aManning and Clamp 335, 339 bMase, John Mariner 291 Metropolitan Public Gardens Association 48 aMoore, John M. 25, 116, 203, 279, 312, 324, 390–1, 443 Manor Arms p.h. 437 aMasey, Cecil 74, 76 Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co. 125 eMoore, Sir Jonas 130, 134 Manor Street 437 Mason Street 367, 383 Metropolitan Water Board 274 Moorfields explosion (1716) 136–7 manor ways 118 Masonic Hall, William Street 203 Meux’s Brewery 126 Moral and Intellectual Improvement Company 55 Mansell, Sir Robert 41, 89 Massiot, Gamaliel 135, 144 Middle Park Estate, Eltham 311 Morden College, Blackheath 79 bMansor, Bonham 42 Mast Pond Wharf 91, 102, 112, 114, 117 Middle Road 428–30, 434 Morgan, George 347 manufacturing see armaments, sports-equipment, Mast Pond Wharf Ltd 117 Middlegate House see Royal Arsenal, Storekeeper’s House Morgan Grampian 67 telegraph cables and telephones and cables; see also Mast Quay 33, 91–2, 105, 114, 116, 117, Ills 102, 103 Middleton, Peggy 279 Morgan Grampian House 28, 199, 203 factories and industry Mast Quay Developments Ltd 117 Midland Bank 277 bMorgan Sindall 360 Manze, Pantaleone 231 mast-houses 90–2, 96, 99, 111 Miles, Ann 253 Morley, Earl of 177 Margaret, Princess 17, 47, 84, 316 mast-ponds 91–3, 99, 101, 103, 107, 114, Ill. 79 Military College of Science 359, 372 Morley Committee 129, 177, 180 Marie Antoinette 7 aMatcham, Frank 28, 80, 228, 276 Military Commission of Enquiry (1810) 149 Morris, Edwin 205 Marine Barracks see Cambridge Barracks Matchless Drive 446 Military Families Hospital 417 bMorris: James 140, 147, 328, 344; Roger 145 Marine Drive 392 aMather, Andrew 387 Military Maternity Hospital 417 Morris (D. T.) and Sons 221 Marine Infirmarysee Red Barracks Matooke House 397 Military Society 360 Morris (William) and Sons 268 Marine Society 118–19 aMatthew, Robert 313 Military Train 347, 411 Morris Estates 221 marines 110, 111, 369 Maud Cashmore Way 116 Mill Hill 393, 413–14 Morris (Street) Walk 16, 288–9, 320–3, Ill. 290 Maritime Greenwich College 84, 240 sMaudslay, Henry 16, 41, 48, 157, 164, 228, 266 Mill Hill Field 393, 416 Morris Walk Estate 29, 118, 281, 317, 320–4, Ills 323–7 Maritime (formerly Churchill) House 199–200, 242–3, 279, Maudslay, Son & Field 101 Mill Hill House (formerly Mill Cottage) 416 Morrison, Herbert 1, 125, 198, 311, 324 Ill. 231 Maull, Margaret 381 Mill Lane (now part of Woolwich New Road, q.v) 270, 393, aMorrison, Rose and Partners 391–2 Market Hill 49, 51–2, 56, 59, 226, Ills 32, 52 Maxey, Nathaniel 393 414, 416 bMorrisroe 188 Market House, William Street 250 Maximilian Franz, Elector of Cologne 7 Mill Lane 36, 416–17; No. 11 (Engineer House) 27, 393, aeMorse, Gen. Robert 148, 150–2, 250, 329, 342, 346, 367, Market Street (formerly Upper Market Street) 226, 245, May, Col. Sir John 434 416–17, Ill. 434 422 252–3, 254, 259, 264-5, 267–8; Nos 24–28 252, Ill. 246; May, William 251 Millar, Col. William 141, 162 Mortgramit Buildings or Square 29, 72–3, 217, Ill. 58 Nos 35–37 253 Mayhew, Christopher 116 Millbank, 119 cMortimer, Roger 413 markets 49, 198, 226–8, 230, 237, 245, 250; see also Maypole Dairy Company 198, 221 Millennium Commission 116 bMortis, John 72, 291 Beresford Square, Market Hill, Market Street, Woolwich Maze Hill, Greenwich 136 bMiller (James) and Partners 315 Morton, J. F. 309 Market aMeades, William 135, 137, 143 Miller Freeman House 203 mortuaries 16, 48, 113, 162, 309, 409, 411, 438 Marks & Spencer 28, 198, 199, 202, 242, Ill. 189 sMears (Thomas) and Son 156 Mills Whipp Partnership 184 mosaic work 116, 205, 209, 237, 300, 348, 413 Marksons Pianos 386–7 aMeasures, Harry Bell 36, 386 Milne, George Francis (1st Baron Milne) 389 Moscow 39 Marlborough, Duke of 135–6, 137, 141, 327 sMeasures (H. & G.) 71 Milne Estate 29, 33, 363, 373, 383, 388–9, Ills 403, 404 mosque 235 Marlborough p.h. 51 mechanization 83, 99, 157, 164, 338; see also under Royal cMilnes, Thomas 186 aMott, Alfred 307 bMarples, Ridgway and Partners 63 Arsenal Milward Street 437 mould lofts 90, 93, 96, 156 Marquis of Anglesea p.h. 398 Medical Centre Developments 392 Ministries: Mount Pleasant see Bowater House Marquis of Granby p.h. 52 Medical Officers of Health16 , 23, 256, 268, 283, 311, 314 Defence 116, 129, 184–5, 341, 386, 390, 417, see Mount Street (now Maryon Road, q.v.) 289 Marquis of Wellington p.h. 118 Mee, Capt. Charles Henry 381 also War Office; Education274 ; Health 311, 443; Mount Street (now Wilmount Street, q.v.) 396–7 married quarters 33–6, 329; pre-1900 336–7, 358, 368, Meeting House Lane 51–2, 200 Housing and Local Government 116, 283, 313, 435; Mount Whoredom 6 370–1, 384–5, 411, 439, 444; since 1900 267, 353, 362, Mellish, Albert William 61 aPublic Building and Works 184, 279, 335, 339, 444; Mowbray, Helen Skirving 397 386, 413, 417, 444, 446 Mellish (A. W.) Ltd 61, 119 aWorks 82, 278, 442 bMowlem (John) & Co. 62, 122, 185 Marsh Street 118 Mellish Industrial Estate 118, 119 Ministry of Defence police station 361 bMulalley and Co. 408 Marshall, Thomas 253 Melville Terrace 232 Miranda, Francisco 328 Mulgrave, 1st Earl of 354, 367, 389 bMarshall, William 286 Mence Smith, George 198, 207 mission halls 81, 284, 298, 301, 383, 437 Mulgrave, Baron 367 Marshall and Snelgrove 211 Mendelsohn, Erich 217 Mitchell: James and George 221; John B. 58; Thomas 72; Mulgrave (Place) Pond 307, 346, 363, 365–7, 368, 387, 390, bMarshall Andrew and Co. 384 Mensforth: Sir Eric 184; Sir Holberry 183–4 W. J. 434; Walter 396 Ills 347, 379 aMarshall (Stephen) Architects 188 bMercer, George 328 Mitchell Engineering Company 83 Mulgrave (Place) School(s) 28, 78, 305, 307, Ill. 309 Marshall’s Grove 286, 318–19 bMercer and Spriggs 145 eMitchell McFarlane and Partners 392 Mulgrave Place 291, 294–5, 305, 367, 383 Marshalsea Prison 6, 96 Mercote: Charlotte 373; Georgiana 8, 125 Mitre p.h. or 78 Mulgrave Road 392 Martello tower 157 eMerz and McLellan 202 aMoakes, John 413 Muller, Dr John 144  INDEX INDEX 

bMulton and Wallis 295 New Road Assembly Rooms see Duke of Connaught’s Ocean Street, Bethnal Green 389 Page: Sir Frederick Handley 387; Sir Gregory 422 aMunby, Alan Edward 27, 272–3 Coffee Tavern Oddfellows’ Club 15, 398 Paget, Field Marshal Henry William (1st Marquess of Munday, William James 224 New Street 49 Odeon Cinema 17–18, 28, 47, 74, 77–8, Ills 51, 61, 66, 67 Anglesey) 334, 399 bMunday (George) and Sons 161, 180, 211 New Street Station, Birmingham 106 office buildings: Pagoda Bridge see St James’s Park Municipal Reform Party 25 New Walpole House 409 pre-1800 96; 1800–1900 119, 152, 198, 205, 416; since bPaine, S. E. 384 munitionettes 17, 176–7, 307 New Wine Church 78, 295; see also Odeon Cinema and 1900 67, 82–4, 116, 118, 124, 126, 199, 203, 209, 212, Paine, Thomas 10, 51, 213 bMurphy (J.) and Sons Ltd 188 Gateway House 217, 231, 235, 237–42, 264–5, 268–9, 273–4, 279–80, Pakistan 184 aMurray, David 27, 154, 157, 166–7, 170–1, 175, 250, 407 New York 200 341, 387, 397, 442; see also Royal Arsenal, offices Palace of Soviets design competition 200 Murray: Gen. Sir George 19, 334, 389; John 207 New Zealand 165 aOffice of Works 27, 45, 78, 114, 136, 182, 256, 277, 353 bPalfreman, Joseph 398 Murray’s Yard 73, 207–8, 209 Newall (J. S.) & Co. 119 officers’ quarters and houses29 , 33; see also Royal Arsenal, Palmer, Edward and Herbert James 204 Murrell, Thomas 295 Newcastle coal 56 housing ePalmer, Henry 19, 64 aMyers, Albert Robert 277 Newell, Walter 224 pre-1800 90, 93, 143–5, 147, 246, 329, 344, 365, Palmerston, Lord 166 bMyers, George 347, 402, 404–6, 428 aNewman, Corney E. 196 393, 414, 421; 1800–1850 14, 108, 161, 288, 329–32, abPankhania Brothers 398 MyHQ see Royal Arsenal, Building 22 aNewman and Newman 338 346, 358, 360, 369–70, 373–9, 409, 411, 416, 425, 434; Panmure, Lord 166–7, 170 sMylne family 150 aNewman, Levinson and Partners 212, 228 1850–1900 145–6, 347, 353, 367, 378–80, 383, 444; since Pannell, Charles 184 Myrtle Alley (or Place) 220, 222–3 bNicholson (D.) and Sons 154, 416 1900 417, 432–3, 444, 446 aPapworth, J. B. 291 Myrtle Street see Bunton Street Nicholson: Sir Cameron 339; George 137; Peter 357 bOgbourne, Sir William 137, 141, 143 parade grounds 110, 250, 335, 341–3, 358, 360, 369, 371, bNicholson, Samuel 159 Ogilby: family 324; Capt. James 384; Robert 8–9, 196, 245, 411, 433 NAAFI see Navy Army and Air Force Institutes bNightingale, B. E. 305 373, 384; Maj. Robert Alexander 196, 214, 272, 275, 384; Paradise Place 284 Nairn, Ian 1, 199, 214 Nightingale Heights 390, 443–4, Ills 322, 465 Col. Robert James Leslie 196 ; Robert Leslie 384 Paradise Place, Woodhill 324 Napier: David 164; Sir James 344 Nightingale House 346, 347 Ogilby estate 15, 17, 69, 78, 84, 196, 198–9, 203, 205, 211, Paragon, New Kent Road 163 Napier Barracks, Dortmund 360 Nightingale Place (formerly Ditchwater or Dishwater Lane) 214, 217, 220–1, 224, 253, 256, 259, 267, 272, 274–6, Parish, Capt. 229 Napier Lines 360 21, 33, 393, 414, 417, 420, 437–8, 443–4; Harvey House 291–5, 314, 317, 324, 384–6, 388 Parish Water Gate 59 Napoleon I, Emperor 353–5 443; No. 22 438; Nos 56–59 417; Nos 130–147 443 Ogilby Housing Society 324 Parish Wharf (now part of Mast Quay) 112, 114 Napoleonic Wars 14, 72, 98, 105, 150, 155, 164, 250, 281, Nightingale Terrace 437 Ogilby Street 384–5, 388–9, Ill. 383 Parish Wharf 33, 281, 324, Ill. 328 327, 346, 368–9, 415, 425 Nightingale Vale 419–20, 437–8, 443–4; Nos 57–59 Old Barge House Ferry Company 61 Park Hill Estate, 390 aNash, John 27, 99, 353–4, 356, 375 (Belmont Place) 437–8, Ill. 456 Old Sheer Hulk p.h. 282, 284 Park Inn 84 Nash, Thomas 209, 211 Nile Cottages 56 Old Town Hall see Woolwich Old Town Hall Park Row, Greenwich 79 sNasmyth, James 108, 164–5, 173; Nasmyth, Wilson and Nile Street see Hog Lane Olympic Games (2012) 18, 343, 442 Park Villages, Regent’s Park 375 Co. 179 Nile Tavern 52, Ill. 42 oppidum see Iron Age fort Parke, James 423 National Central Library 184 bNixon, Charles 102 Orchard Street 284 bParker, George 211 National Elfrida Rathbone Society 116 aNixon, William 27, 353, 356 orchards 130, 155, 190, 291 Parker: James 331; Col. John Boteler 415 National Grid 59 sNoble, Mr 336 Ordnance see Board of Ordnance aParker, R. M. 322 National Maritime Museum 141 aNoble, Robert 67 Ordnance Arms p.h. 225, 230 aParker (Walter F.) and Associates 269 National School Society 46, 50, 201, 301, 304; see also St eNoble, Col. William Hatt 179 Ordnance Chapel (Royal Arsenal Chapel) 112, 230 sParker and Perry 333, 354 Mary Magdalene Church of England Primary School Nonconformity 10, 22, 52 Ordnance College 101, 359 Parker Morris report 320 National Union of Public Employees 279 Norfolk (Thomas) & Sons 251 Ordnance Place, Shooters Hill 438 Parkes (Thomas) and Son (Henry) 221, 242; Parkes Natural History Museum 182 aNorman & Dawbarn 29, 96, 110, 116, 281, 315, 318–19 Ordnance (Place) Road 434, 443–4 Medical Hall Ill. 212 naval ropeyard see Woolwich Ropeyard aNorris, David 391 Ordnance Select Committee 147, 358 Parking Research Co. 83 Navy Arms p.h. 285 bNorris, Joseph 299 Ordnance Square 280 Parkview Estates 362 Navy Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) 338, 347 North: Rev. R. 406; William 252 Ordnance Store Corps 372 Parnell, Lelia 379 90, 93, 96, 101 North Kent Brewery 69 Ordnance Store(s) Department 112, 154 Parry Place 213 Navy Commissioners 39 North Kent Grove 286 Ordnance Survey 416 Parson’s Hill 48, 63–4, 74, 77–9, 198, 294 Naw (New or North) Cross 364 North Kent Place 286 Ordnance Terrace, Shooters Hill 438 Parsons (C. A.) Ltd 58 Naylor, Richard 204 North Kent Railway 19, 21, 286, 307 organs 46–7, 76, 265, 276, 295, 298, 348, 399, 432 Pasley, Gen. Sir Charles William 102, 247 Nelson 98 North Kent Saw Mills 284 Ormond, Elizabeth 253 Pattison: Charles 393; Frederick 393; Helen 232, 393; Gen. Nelson House 269 North Kent Terrace 286 Osborne, Mr 207 James 144, 393; James (the younger) 393; Nathaniel 230, Nelson Inn 284 North Woolwich 2, 5, 15–16, 19, 29, 60–1, 64, 66, 119 bOsborne (Geoffrey) Ltd 417 393, 396, 409, 414; Nathaniel Maxey 393 Nelson Street 55 Northampton 202 aOsborne Smith, James 182 Pattison estate 350; see also Burrage estate Nelson Street public baths see Woolwich Baths Northfleet 98 Ostade, Adriaen van 7 Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris 148 Nesbit, Edith 383 Northumberland 112 Oswestry, Shropshire 339 bPayne-Daley Construction 409 Network South-East 233 bNorwest Holst 67 Ottery St Mary 299 Peabody Trust 33, 363, 389 Neves, George 275 bNox Ltd 274 Overend, Gurney and Co. 112 Peach, Thomas 134 New Ash Green, Kent 446 N’tyce 276 Owen, Capt. Henry Charles 165 Peak or Peake’s Place 234, 237 New Charlton 118, 125–6, 288 Nunhead Public Library 258 Oxfam 47 aPeake, Sir Henry 96 New Cinema, Woolwich New Road 28, 399–400, Ills 414, 431 Pearce Bros 247 415 O’Connors 230 Oxford Archaeological Unit 185 Pearks Dairies 207 New Cross 64, 242; New Cross Turnpike Trust 224, 230, Oakmayne Properties 234 aOxford Architects Partnership 200 aPearsall, Robert 27, 281, 307 396 observatories 114, 360–1, 367 Oxford Museum 112 Pearson, J. & C. E. 231 New Road see Woolwich New Road Observatory (Royal Artillery Institute) 360–1 Oxford Town Hall 265 Pearson, J. L. 46  INDEX INDEX 

pedestrianization 199, 227, 237 police stations 27, 108, 148, 162, 164, 186, 245, 253, 267, Powis Street Schools 78 built by London County Council: Milne Estate; Peggy Middleton House 25, 242, 254, 279, 280, Ill. 278 280, 361, 372, Ills 98, 246, 249, 251, 262 aPowrie, Thomas 144, 147, 159, 229 Morris Walk Estate; Walpole Place aPellings 28, 304, 325, 385 Polley, Mabel 444 aPoynter, Ambrose 297 built by Woolwich Borough Council: St Mary’s Estate; Pellipar Gardens 33, 363, 373, 389, Ill. 405 cPolunin, Vladimir 76 Prater, Augustus 247 Woodrow (Nos 20–25) Pellipar House, near Limavady 384 Polygraphic Society 421 bPratt, Joseph 145 Public Libraries Acts 258 Pellipar Road 385, 389; Mission 383 Polytechnic Street 245, 254, 256, 266, 269, 274 Pre-Construct Archaeology 179 ‘public shelter’ 16, 27, 309 Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge 47 cPomeroy, F. W. 264–5 Premier Cinema 228 aPugin: A. W. N. 27, 393, 400, 402–6; E. W. 400, 403, Pembroke Dockyard 103, 106, 112 Poole, Lt. Henry 375 Premier Electric Theatre 212 405–6; Peter Paul 298 Pendlebury, James 389 poor law unions 22–3 Premier Prison Services 187 aPugin & Murray 406 Penfold, Derek 116 Poplar 25 Prene, Rev. William 42 Pugin & Pugin 298 Pennethorne, James 372 population (of Woolwich) 9–10, 14–18, 22, 42, 48, 51, 56, Presto (supermarket) 84 Pullman p.h. 232 People of Greenwich, Unite against Racism 69, Ill. 54 70, 72, 186, 192, 197, 281, 304, 318, 332, 336 Preston, Paul 210 Pulteney, Sir John 4 People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor 247 Porden, William 357 Preston House 310, 319, Ill. 315 Punjab House 396 Pepys, Samuel 9, 18, 40, 90 23, 136 bPrice, Charles R. 389 Purvis Brothers 200 Percy, Rev. J. Wilcox 78 Portsmouth Dockyard 40–1, 87, 90, 93, 96, 108, 110, 157, cPrice, Henry 432 bPercy Bilton Ltd 163 166 PriDE 341 Quadrant Housing Association see London and Perrott Committee 183 ePosford Duvivier 162 Primark 199, 223 Quadrant Perry, William 328 post offices 229, 277–8, Ill. 276 Prince Albert p.h. 220–1 Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan 46 Petrie, Flinders 444 pottery making 5, 9, 41 (Bellarmine ware) Prince Imperial of France 162, 431 Qube House 84 aPett: family 103; Peter (the elder) 88; Peter (the younger) Poundstretcher 199 Prince Imperial Road 33, 429, 444, 446, Ills 453, 467 Quebec 229 89; Phineas 89 poverty 14, 16, 29, 51, 73, 112, 198, 284, 286, 289 Prince Regent (George IV) 27, 333, 353–4, 355 Queen Elizabeth Hospital 439 Pett Street (formerly Ann Street) 289, 320, 325 sPower’s and Deane, Ransome’s Ltd 217 Prince Royal 89 Queen Street 285–6 Phipps, Constantine John (Baron Mulgrave) 367 Powerful p.h. 284 Prince Rupert’s Walk 134, 150 Queen Street Baptist Chapel 285, 384, Ill. 283 Phipps, Lt. Gen. Henry (1st Earl of Mulgrave) 354, 367, Powis: family 7; Richard (the elder) 72, 190–1; Richard Princess Alice 48, 60–1 Memorial Soldiers’ Home 387 389 (the younger) 7, 118, 191, 251; Thomas 72, 190–1; Princess of Wales beerhouse 397 Queen Victoria p.h. 295, 305 Pickering House 310, 319, Ill. 315 William (the elder) 72, 190–2, 197, 207, 212, 246; Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, 2nd Battalion 341 Queen’s Terrace 435, Ill. 457 Pickford and Co. 72 William (the younger) 118, 192 prison hulks see convicts Quillett, The 224 Pidcock, Richard 282 Powis Arms beerhouse 200 prison, proposed 148 Quillett Lane see Cholic Lane Pie Shop, The 231 Powis estate 14–15, 19, 69, 71, 79, 81, 191–3, 196, 220, Pritchard, Sir William 38, 49, 130, 134, 148 Quillinan, Edward 444 piers and jetties 18, 55, 58, 60, 62, 67, 162, 166–7, 178, 185 225–6, 242, 245, 250–1, 256, 270, 272, 275, 291, 294–5, bPritchard and Renwick 400 Pilkington, John 70 Ill. 181 Pritzler, Col. Sir Theophilus 375 bR. & J. Builders 387 abePilkington, Lt. Col. Robert 157, 162, 250, 353, 434, 439 Powis Holdings Ltd 207 bProctor, Edward 71, 205, 207, 231, 258, 270, 275, 277, 408 rackets courts see fives and rackets courts Pioneer beerhouse 396 Powis House Academy 201 Profumo, John 184 Radium Institute, Marylebone 272 Pioneer Bookshop, Hall and Printing Office 231 Powis LCC School see Union Street School Progressive Party 23–5 Raglan, Lord 166 Pisani Ltd 118 Powis Street 1, 15, 17–19, 27–8, 71–4, 78–81, 189–90, 192, proof butts 134, 150, 175, 359 Raikes, Henry Cecil 277 Pitt, John (2nd Earl of Chatham) 9, 148–9, 152, 329–32, 196–9, 200–12, 213, 217, 220, 234, 276, 291, 301, 406, abProperty Services Agency 36, 141, 147, 279, 359, 417, 446 Railway Tavern 291 350–1, 353, 389, 419–20, 422, 434 Ills frontispiece, 179, 180, 184, 186–8, 194, 201, 231 Prospect (Row) Vale (formerly Hedge Row) 281, 285–6, railways 18–22, 60–1, 64, 66, 112–13, 164, 199, 232, 234, Pitter’s Ventilating and Engineering Co. (later Pitter Nos 1–7 200; Nos 9–13 200–1; Nos 15–21 201; Nos 289, 318–19, 324 281, 286, 289, 307, 323, 325, 396 Gauge and Precision Tool Co.) 294, 324 23–27 201; Nos 29–31 201; Nos 33–35 201; Nos 37–45 prostitution 15–16, 49, 51, 55–6, 81, 245, 284, 298, 338, Rajasthan 297 Plaisted, Thomas Wilkes 71 201–2; Nos 47–49 202; Nos 51–53 202, Ill. 185; Nos 378, 440 Ram Darbar 18, 398, Ill. 412 Plaisted’s Wine House 70–1 55–69 (Marks & Spencer) 28, 198–9, 202, 242, Ill. 189; Providence Chapel 400 Ramsden, James 17, 184 Plaistow 118 Nos 71–113 Ill. 190; Nos 71–77 28, 203; Nos 79–81 203; Prudential Assurance 207, 212, 223 Ramsey, Dave 116 Plantagenet House 116 Nos 83–85 203, Ill. 185; Nos 87–89 203–4; Nos 91–95 Pryce (H.) and Son 201 bRandall, Joseph 57; see also Kirk and Randall Plantation Cottages 444 204; Nos 97–101 204; Nos 103–105 204; Nos 107–109 Public Baths and Wash-houses Act (1846) 55 Randell, John 253 pleasure grounds and gardens 228, 288, 353, 358, 373 204; Nos 111–113 204–5, 237; Nos 115–123 28, 205, Public Benefit Boot Co. 201 Ranelagh Gardens 353 Pleydell-Bouverie, Jacob (Viscount Folkestone) 7 Ills 191–3; Nos 125–153 see Royal Arsenal Co-operative public gardens and open spaces 16, 28, 46, 48, 63, 67–8, bRanger, William 102 Plume: George 73, 217; John 78 Society, Central Stores; No. 145 204; No. 179 (Castle 84, 125, 186, 189, 199, 234–7, 284, 313, 325, 343, 440; sRansomes & May 361 Plummer, Desmond 63 Tavern or Inn) 79, 204, 266 see also Woolwich Common Ranwell, William 381 Plumstead 2, 5, 9, 15, 23–5, 58, 69, 129, 146, 148, 164, Nos 2–10 205, 207; No. 12 (Shakespeare p.h.) 197, Public Health (London) Act (1891) 24, 309 Rapier Dome 341 196, 198, 200, 214, 232, 259, 358, 393, 396, 409, 420, 207; Ill. 194; Nos 14–16 207; Nos 18–20 207; Nos 22–28 Public Health Act (1848) 23 Rarotonga, Cook Islands 298 437–8; Commissioners for Public Libraries 258; 207; Nos 32–42 208–9; Nos 44–48 (Electric House) 27, public houses and taverns 10, 50–2, 71–2, 78–9, 84, 126, Ratcliffe, Richard 378 Common 440; New Town see Burrage Town; Vestry 209, Ills 195, 196; Nos 50–60 209–10; Nos 62–66 211; 143, 188, 191, 197, 207, 220–1, 226, 228–32, 234, 240, Ravensdowne Barracks, Berwick 145 258 Nos 68–86 (Kent House or Garretts) 28, 193, 197–9, 250–1, 277, 282–9, 294–5, 314, 338, 367, 373, 386, 396, Ravn, Paul and Tomiko 415 Plumstead Road 21, 78, 98, 112, 141, 146–7, 162–4, 184–7, 202, 211, 215, Ills 198–200; Nos 88–104 (Cuffs) 198–9, 400, 408–9, 411, 414, 443 Rawlinson, Sir Robert 23 199, 225, 227, 230, 242; No. 2 231, Ill. 224; Nos 3–3b 211–12, Ill. 200; Nos 106–112 212; Nos 114–118 212; public housing 9, 17–18, 25, 29, 33, 116, 281, 309–25, 363, Raynsford, Nick 187 231; No. 5 (covered market) 227, 230, Ill. 223 Nos 120–130 212; Nos 132–134 212; No. 136 212; 384–5, 388–92, 408, 412–13, 442–4 reading rooms see libraries and reading rooms PLUTO (Pipeline Under the Ocean) 125 Nos 138–152 see Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, built by London Borough of Greenwich: Cardwell recreation grounds see public gardens and open spaces Plymouth Brethren gospel hall 437 Department Store; Nos 154–168 73, 78; Nos 170–172 Estate; Connaught Estate; Red and Cambridge rectories and vicarages 50, 53, 74, 291, 301 Plymouth Dockyard see Devonport Dockyard 78, 197 Barracks Estate; Woolwich Common Estate; Woolwich Rectory estate 5, 14, 17, 19, 29, 281, 289–94, 301, 310 Pocock, Nicholas 96 Powis Street Estates 196, 212, 217, 275 Dockyard Estate Rectory Grove (now Escreet Grove, q.v.) 291, 310, 371  INDEX INDEX 

Rectory Place 281, 291–4, 298, 309, 311, 313–14, 317–19, Rideout: Henry 7, 22, 70, 294, 350, 364, 367, 369, 373; Rose Mount 414 170–1, 173, 175, 266; guard houses 141, 147–8, 162, 367, 392, Ill. 294; No. 43 (St Mary’s Rectory) 291; Nos Capt. Samuel 297, 373 Rose’s wine house 221 164, Ill. 133; housing 33, 136, 143–7, 161, 426; offices 104–118 325 Rideout Street 372–3, 385, 389 Rosebank 324 153, 159, 170, 180–3; railways 164, 176, 181; smither- Rectory Place Congregational Church 78, 298, 383, Ill. 294 Rider, John Hall 241 Rosebery, Lord 62 ies 157, 176; warehouses 26, 134–5, 141–2, 149–55, Red and Cambridge Barracks Estate 391–2, Ill. 407 Ridge, Evan 409 Ross: Gen. Sir Hew Dalrymple 166, 415; James 4074 158-9, 166, 175, 179–80; wharf 134, 150; workshops 26, Red Barracks (former Royal Marine Infirmary) 184, 363, bRigby, Joseph and Charles 118, 369; Rigby’s Wharf 118 Rotherhithe 7, 103, 118, 372; Tunnel 66 137–41, 149, 155–9, 161, 165–70, 176–7 365, 368, 372, 390–1, Ill. 383 Right Buy Homes Ltd 385 Rotunda, The 16, 18, 27, 185, 327, 333, 353–60, Armouries (The) see Building 10; Cannon Foundry Red Barracks Road 363, 392 Ritter Street 437 Ills 363–72 see Building 25; Central Officessee Building 22; Chemi- Red Lion Lane 419–20, 434, 438, 444, 446, Ill. 454 river crossings 2, 5, 18, 21–3, 61, 64, 234 Roughton, Stephen and Thomas Alfred 251 cal Laboratory see Building 20; Dial (Arch) Square Red Lion p.h., Mulgrave Place 294 river stairs 18, 51, 59, 102, 162 Roupell, Robert Prioleau 53, 55 141, 145–6, 164, 166, 184, 186; Dial Arch see Great Red Lion p.h., Shooters Hill 419, 438 river walls 2, 18, 26, 55, 58–63, 67, 85, 89, 91, 96, 101–3, Rowland, Lt. Col. George Tempest 375 Pile; Dial (Foundry) Square 145–6, see also Building Red Lion Street, later Leon Street, q.v. 116, 118, 134, 148–50, 162, 186, Ills 87–9, 152 abRowlstone, Henry William 242, 286, 377–8 11; Foundry House see Building 23; Grand Store (inc. eRedman, John Baldry 103 Riverhope Mansions 117 Royal Academy of Arts 144 Buildings 36, 37, 46, 49) 18, 26, 129, 148, 149–55, 166, Reed: Hugh 200; William 200 aRivers, Edward George 114, 277 Royal Air Force 184 177, 179, 185–6, 346, 427, Ills 134–42; Great Pile (Dial Reeks, Father Joseph 403 Riverside House 72, 79, 82–3, 84, 203 Royal Albert Hall 426 Arch) 26, 141–3, 186, Ills 127, 128); Gunnery House see aReeves, Charles 267 riverside walkways 63–4, 67–8, 116–17, 186 Royal Albert p.h. 289 Building 7; gun-shrinking pits 179, Ill. 171; Lancaster Regal Cinema 276 Rixon, Richard 228 Royal Army Clothing Factory 250 shell foundry 166, 170–1; Mechanics’ Institution 147; aRegeneration Practice 415 eRLT Engineering Consultants 155 Royal Arsenal Chapel (Ordnance Chapel) 112, 230 Middlegate House see Storekeeper’s House; Mounting Regent Cottage see Rushgrove House Robe, Lt. William and Sir William 229 Royal Arsenal Cinema 228 Ground see Building 19; MyHQ see Building 22; New Regent Street, Westminster 196; Polytechnic 270 Robert Street (now part of Rideout Street, q.v.) 384 Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) 15, 17, 25, 28, Carriage Yard see Building 10; New Laboratory Square sRegent’s Canal Ironworks 107, 111, 170 Roberts: Field Marshal Frederick (1st Earl Roberts) 336, 79, 85, 113–14, 176, 197–9, 201, 212, 213–20, 235, 258, see Building 41; Old Royal Military Academy see Build- Reid: Adam 344; Lt. James 374–5 417; Josiah Henry 251 291, 396 ing 40; Paper Cartridge Factory see Building 17; Proof eReid, Lt. Col. William 166 aRoberts, Henry 51 bakery 214, 217; branch stores 286, 318, 396; Central Square 141, 171; radial steam crane 179; Repository Reinhold (Herman Adolphus) & Co. 251 bsRobertson, Alexander and Daniel 149–50, 335; see also Stores 28, 198, 213, 214–17, Ills 202–6; Department 350; Rifled Ordnance Factory 173, Ill. 167; Rocket Reitanlagen-Stiller 360 Adam & Co. Store 190, 213, 217–20, 221, Ills 207–11; McLeod Café Establishment 157; Royal Brass Foundry 26, 129, Remnant: Samuel and Stephen 41; Remnant’s wharf 56–7 aRobertson, Donald G. 384 217; Works’ Department 214, 217 137–41, 147–8, 164, 171, 184–5, 416, Ills 120–6; Royal Rendlebury House 389 Robertson: Fyfe 84; Adm. Robert 305 Royal Arsenal Football Club 142 Carriage Factory see Building 10; Royal Laboratory Reni, Guido 7 Robey, George 336 Royal Arsenal Gardens 2, 68, 84, Ill. 53 Officessee Building 18; Shot and Shell Foundry see aeRennie: George 99; John (the elder) 98–102; John Robins, William James 398 Royal Arsenal Gatehouse see Beresford Gate Building 23; South Boring Mill 179, 187; Storekeeper’s (the younger) 101 cRobinson, A. 47 Royal Arsenal Hotel 84 (Middlegate) House 161–2, 164; Verbruggen’s House Renway House 387 Robinson, William Stone 69 Royal Arsenal Medical Centre 158 147, Ill. 132; Warehouse (The) 188; Wellington Repository Grounds or Woods see Royal Military Robinson (George) and Sons 223 Royal Arsenal Riverside 187–8, Ill. 178 Memorial 186; Wellington Park 186, Ill. 175; Woolwich Repository Robinson and Taylor 223 Royal Arsenal Station see Woolwich Arsenal Station Warren 5, 9, 96, 129–34, 246, 327, 344 Repository Road 341, 360–2; No. 1 (the Gatehouse) 353, 439 aRobinson, Kenning and Gallagher 84 Royal Arsenal Supply Association 213 Buildings by Ministry of Defence number: 4 175, Repulse 111 aRobson, E. R. 28, 78, 81, 305 Royal Arsenal Woolwich Pier 162 186–7; 5 175, 186–7; 7 (Gunnery House) 175, 176, 187, Rescue Slum Home 55 Robson: Edwin James 212; Capt. William 378 Royal Arsenal 9, 15–22, 25, 29, 57, 61–2, 67–8, 84–5, Ill. 168; 10 (New Carriage Yard, Royal Carriage Factory reservoirs 350, 360, 363, 365, 367, 372, 398, 429, 440 Rochester, Kent 295; see also St Andrew’s priory and 110, 112–13, 116, 118, 125, 128–88, 196–9, 213, 225–7, or The Armouries) 26, 149, 155–8, 166, 180, 183, 185, Revcap 72 convent 234, 250, 270, 336, 359, 381, 407, 416, 423, 429, Ills 6, 188, Ills 143–7; 11 (Dial Square) 145–6, 166, 187, Ill. Reynolah Gardens 15, 288–9, 305, 309, 375 Rochester Place 421 115–78, 184; closure 17, 183–4, 227; regeneration 184–8 131; 17 (Paper Cartridge Factory) 26, 166, 167–70, 185, aReynolds, B. R. 274 Rocque, John 6, 363, Ill. 7 committees of review 129, 177, 180, 183–4; mecha- Ills 160, 161; 18 (Royal Laboratory Offices) 146, 166–7, Reynolds, Thomas 287 Rodney Street 55–6 nization 14, 157, 159, 164–8; workforce 14, 136, 148, 170, 185–6; 19 (Mounting Ground) 177, 180–1, Ill. 173; bReynolds, William 42 Roebuck p.h. 282 164, 167–8, 176, 183, 203, 233, 253, 270, 272, 311, 396, 20 (Chemical Laboratory) 177–8, Ill. 169; 21 180; 22 Rezidor Hotel Group 84 Roff, Henry Burgess and William 55–6; Roff ’s Wharf 58, 409–10, 437, 444; works management 136, 148–9, 166, (Central Offices or MyHQ) 27, 129, 141, 176–7, 181–3, Rhea, Robert 210 60–1 177 184, 186, Ills 174, 175; 23 (Shot and Shell Foundry or bRice & Sons 234, 339 Roffey, Ron 220 ammunition making 129, 134–5, 140, 142, 144, Foundry House) 26, 166–7, 170–1, 183–4, Ills 162–4, Rich, Robert (2nd Earl of Warwick) 284 rolling mills 111, 169, 173, 179 159–61, 167–8, 177; gun-carriage making 9, 129, 155, 175; 25 (Cannon Foundry) 27, 166–7, 171, 173–5, 183, Richard Close 324 Rollo, Dr John 22, 344, 346 175; gunmaking 41, 129, 137–40, 167, 171, 173–5, 179; Ills 165, 166; 33 179, Ill. 170; 40 (Old Royal Military Richard Street (now Hare Street, q.v.) 192, 220 bRolt, Peter 103, 107 steelmaking 173, 175–7 Academy) 26, 143–5, 178, 185, Ills 129, 130; 41 (New aeRichards, Brig.-Gen. Michael 26, 135–7, 139, 141, 143–5, Romer, Lt. John Lambertus and Col. Wolfgang William Engineers’ Department 149, 155, 164, 166–7, 255, Laboratory Square) 141, 158–61, 165–7, 185–6, Ills 130, Ill. 119 136 416; Inspector of Artillery’s Department 164, 171; 148–51; 45 186; 47 180, 184, Ill. 172; 48 180, 184, aRichards, W. A. 81 Ronan Point 323 Naval Ordnance Department 180; Naval Ordnance Ill. 172; 50 155, 186–7, Ill. 177; 36, 37, 46 and 49 see cRichardson, Edward 358 Rooker, Michael Angelo 140, 144 Inspection Department 161; Ordnance Store Depart- Grand Store Richardson, Maria and William 247 bRoome, E. A. 386 ment 112, 161, 175, 180; Research Department 442; Royal Artillery see Royal Regiment of Artillery aRichardson, Martin 322 ropemaking 10, 39–41, 70, 79, 96, 99, 197 Royal Carriage Department 129, 148, 155, 157, 164–5, Royal Artillery Band 264, 335, 339, 341, 344 bRichardson, R. R. 163 Ropeyard Rails 49, 53, 55–6, 79–81, 83–4, 301, Ills 28, 37 175–7, 180; Royal Gun Factory 129, 141, 171, 173–4, Royal Artillery Barracks 7, 9, 14, 18, 27, 33, 36, 145, 149, Richardson’s Buildings 51 ropeyard see Woolwich Ropeyard 177–8, 180; Royal Laboratory 26, 129, 134–5, 140–2, 245, 294, 318, 327–43, 344, 347, 350, 355, 367, 372, 414, aRichmond Reproductions Ltd 76 Rose, William 61, 213, 229 144–6, 148, 150, 159, 164–6, 170, 186, 188, Ills 118, 419, 421, 423–5, 439, Ills 331–42, 344–51 Richmond, Duke of 148, 247, 332, 342 Rose (E. J.) & Co. 71, 221 158, 159; Storekeeper’s Department 129, 134, 150, 164 Regimental Institute and Restaurant 338; Royal aRickwood, William 157, 166, 196–7, 203, 240, 411, 437; see Rose and Crown p.h. 288, 316 barracks 33; cadets’ quarters 146; canal 157, 164; Artillery Mess 332–5, Ills 337–9 also Church and Rickwood Rose Cottage 373 entrance gates 141, 162–4; foundries 136–7, 140–1, 166, Royal Artillery Chapel 335–6, Ill. 340  INDEX INDEX 

Royal Artillery Cricket Club 343 Royal Regiment of Artillery 9, 14–15, 18, 22, 129, 143, St John’s District Schools 304–5, Ill. 306 Sand Wharf 284 Royal Artillery Depot see Royal Artillery Barracks 145, 184, 230, 247, 250, 327–30, 334–6, 338, 343, St John’s Passage 337 Sandby, Paul 16, 144, 190, 246–7 Royal Artillery Dramatic Society 336 347–50, 360–2, 375, 393, 414, 422, 433, 441 St Joseph’s Church, Shooters Hill 404 Sanders, John 423 Royal Artillery Drivers, Corps of (originally Corps of 16th Regiment (London and Kent Gunners) 341, St Lawrence’s Church (later St Mary Magdalene) 3, 41 Sanderson, Ghetal (née Herschell) and Sir John Scott Captain Commissaries and Drivers) 329 360; 17 Training Regiment 339; Field Train Depart- St Luke’s Church, Charlton 137 Burdon 397 Royal Artillery Historical Trust 170 ment 251; Invalid Battalion 414, 421; King’s Troop, St Mark’s Church, North Audley Street 79 Sandhurst 423, 432 Royal Artillery Hospital (now Connaught Mews) 18, 27, Royal Horse Artillery 18, 341, 360, 442; Royal Field St Mark’s Church, Silvertown 298 Sandilands, Gen. Philip 246–7 146, 327, 343–7, 402, 411, 413, Ills 353–5 Artillery 348; Royal Horse Artillery 33, 246, 329, 361, St Martin’s (House) Mission Church 301 sandpits 6–7, 41, 87, 89, 118, 127, 232, 284, 286, 288–9, Royal Artillery Institute (later Institution) 16, 170, 334–5, 367, 440 St Mary Magdalene Church of England Primary School 307, 350, 372, 393, 396, 408, 419, 434 358–9, 360–1, 433 bRoyal Sappers and Miners 166, 247, 250, 411, 416 28, 50, 301–4, Ill. 305 Sandwich, Earl of 96 Royal Artillery Museum see Firepower and Rotunda Royal Ship Hotel 285 St Mary Magdalene’s Church 5, 9, 22, 27, 37, 41–7, 74, 87, Sandy Hill Road 81, 393, 398, 407–8, 409, Ill. 425; Nos Royal Artillery Theatre 336, Ills 341, 342 Royal Sovereign House 84 254, 297, 309, 407, Ills 6, 20–6, 74, 75, 180 9–33 (Hope Place) 409; Nos 2–24 (Fort Place) 409; No. Royal Artillery Victoria Cross Memorial 348, Ill. 361 Royal Standard p.h. 52 St Mary Overy priory, Southwark 5 24a (Dale View House) 409; No. 26 (Fort Tavern) 409, Royal 234 Rudd, Sgt. William 368 St Mary Street 281, 291, 307, 311, 314, 317, 319, Ill. 316 Ill. 426 Royal Borough of Greenwich see Greenwich, Royal sRudduck Contracts Department 205 St Mary’s Church, Greenwich 79 Sandys, Duncan 183 Borough of Rudgwick Court 389 St Mary’s Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) (later bSanford (J. B.) & Co. 78, 202–4, 207, 211, 232, 247, 250, Royal Brass Foundry see under Royal Arsenal Ruegg, Richard 23, 444 St Mary’s Estate) 17, 29, 33, 48, 82, 281, 309–19, 390, 253, 275, 387 Royal Carriage Factory see under Royal Arsenal Rupert, Prince 130 443, Ill. 317 Sappers’ Arms beerhouse 396 Royal Carriage Mews 158 bRush and Tompkins Ltd 389 St Mary’s Gardens 48–9, 74, 79, Ill. 27 Sarah Turnbull House 364, 392 Royal Commission on the Health of Towns 23 Rush Grove (now Rushgrove Street, q.v.) 295, 367 St Mary’s Rectory 291 aSargent, Elsie 116, 391 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of Rush Grove Cottage 367 St Mary’s Tenants’ Protection Association 311 Saunders (Transport Ltd), Alfred and Frederick 126 England 184 Rushgrove Gate 386 St Mary’s Wharf 114 aSaunders Boston 439 Royal Corps of Signals 432 Rushgrove House 367, Ill. 380 St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Borgard Road 27, 46, Save Woolwich Now 235 Royal Dockyard Wharf (now part of Mast Quay, q.v.) 112, Rushgrove Street (formerly Rush Grove) 367, 386 298–301, Ills 300–4; vicarage 288 Savill, J. F. 80 114 Ruskin, John 361 St Michael and All Angels’ Church (Royal Military aSaville, G. A. 335 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) 341, Russell, Lord 361 Academy chapel) 432, Ills 448, 452, 453 sawmills 99, 110, 114, 118, 157, 159, 166, 175, 284 360 Russell Place (now part of General Gordon Square, q.v.) St Michael’s Schools see Cardwell School bSawyer, Thomas 414 aeRoyal Engineers, Corps of 9, 19, 26–7, 101, 105, 135–6, 234, 237 St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford 45 aScamp, William 372 143, 148, 166, Russia 39, 99, 165, 179 Saintonge 3 Schalch, Andrew 137, 140, 145, 147 ’ Row 280 Russia Company 39, 130 St Pancras 315 Scharf, George 288 Royal Fine Art Commission 339 Ruston Road 103, 108, 117 St Paul’s Cathedral 356 aScherrer and Hicks 63 Royal Gun Factory see under Royal Arsenal bRydon Construction 324 St Peter’s abbey, Ghent 2 Schocken stores 217 Royal Herbert Hospital 347, 372, 416 St Peter’s Centre (former schools) 405, Ills 416, 417, 424 School Board for London 23, 78, 81, 127, 304–5, 407 Royal Horse Artillery see under Royal Regiment of Sackett, John 221 St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church 27–8, 234, 393, 400–6, schools 16–17, 28 Artillery Safeway 84 Ills 416–24 pre-1800 49; 1800–1850 46, 48, 50, 53, 109, 201, 204, Royal Laboratory see under Royal Arsenal bSage (J.) Ltd 400 St Saviour’s Church, Battersea Park 46 207, 294, 301, 304, 332, 358, 371, 423, 435, 437, 439, Ill. Royal Lancer beerhouse 228 sailors 10, 51 St Saviour’s Mission School Church 81 305; 1850–1900 78, 81–2, 127, 272, 289, 295, 297, 298, Royal Marine Infirmarysee Red Barracks Sainsburys 67, 203, 235 St Thomas’s Church of England School 289 304–5, 307, 353, 361, 400, 405–7, 437, Ills 306, 307; Royal Military Academy 9, 16, 18–19, 21, 27, 129, 143–4, St Andrew’s House, Glasgow 82 St Thomas’s Church, Charlton 297 1900–1950 273, 307, 440; 1950–2000 304, 305, Ill. 308; 146–7, 149, 155, 178, 240, 246, 250, 270, 331, 343, 346, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 398, 407 St Thomas’s Hospital 344 since 2000 125, 304, 307, Ills 309, 310; see also Royal 348, 350, 355, 360, 419–20, 421–34, 444, Ills 10, 437, St Andrew’s priory and convent, Rochester 3 aeSale, Col. M. T. 162, 177, 179–80 Military Academy 439–53 St Andrew’s Wharf 114 Salem Chapel 78, 204, 230, 298 Schul system 322 Royal Military Academy (Old) see Royal Arsenal, Building St Anne’s Church 437, 443 Sales, Francis 409 Science Museum 155 40 St Barnabas’s Church, Rochester Way, Eltham 112 bSallett, Stephen 125 aScoles, J. J. 402 Royal Military Academy chapel see St Michael and All St Catherine’s College, Oxford 322 Salmon, Robert 72, 191, 220 ‘Scotch’ church 200, 406, 407 Angels’ Church St Clair’s (former Derby Arms p.h.) 126 Salmon and Gluckstein 208 aScott: Alec 335, 339; C. M. Oldrid 47; George Gilbert 111; bRoyal Military Artificers148 , 245, 247, 329, 346, 355, 423 St Domingo House 116 saltpetre 38 J. Oldrid 46–7; W. Gillbee 270 Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea 423 St George’s Cathedral, Southwark 402 Salutation Alley 228 Scott: Alexander James 400; George Gilbert junior 47; Royal Military College, Marlow 423 St George’s Church, Hanover Square 6 Salutation p.h. 228, Ills 216, 217, 221 Henry Young Darracott 426 Royal Military College, Sandhurst 423, 432 St George’s Garrison Church 27, 298, 327, 336, 347–50, Salvation Army 55, 81, 227 aScott Brownrigg 360 Royal Military Repository 9, 16, 18, 27, 148, 155, 327, 432, Ills 356–61 Samuel, H. 209 Scott’s Passage 231 350–60, 375, 381, Ills 363–5, 369 St George’s House 414 Samuel Close 324 Scottish Presbyterian Church 406–8, Ill. 424 Royal Mint 129 St Giles’s Church, Cheadle 402 Samuel Street 15, 19, 285–6, 288, 297–8, 301, 309, 312, eScratchley, Maj. Peter 112, 176, 178–9 Royal Mortar Hotel 231, Ill. 224 St James’s Investments 280 316–19, 324, 373, 375, 379, 389 Scroope, St Leger 5 Royal Oak p.h. 232 St James’s Park 99, 353 Nos 1–99 316–17, 319, Ill. 321; Nos 8–10 285, Ill. sculpture 137, 145, 185, 215, 227, 264, 272, 300, 315, 331, Royal Observatory, Greenwich 19, 21, 424 St James’s Place (now Rideout Street, q.v.) 373 284; Nos 60–108 324; Nos 76–104 (Unity Place) 286–8, 348, 362, 402–4 Royal Ordnance 185 St Jean d’Angély’s abbey, Saintonge 3 Ills 285, 286; No. 110 (Edinburgh Castle) 287–8; Nos Searles, Michael 163 Royal Ordnance Factory Patricroft 170–1 St John Ambulance Association 407 118–160 383; Nos 174–176 383 Sebastopol 343, 360 Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich see Royal Arsenal St John’s Church, Wellington Street 297–8, 324, 437, sand, gravel and chalk extraction see sandpits Second World War 17, 183 Royal Ordnance Hospital see Royal Artillery Hospital Ill. 299 Sand Street 289 aSedgley, Alexander 398  INDEX INDEX 

Seeley, John 72 Sibley, William Alfred 196 soldiers’ institutes 16, 18, 27, 295, 297, 338, 368, 385, 397 Stafford 122 Segal, Walter 33, 281, 324 Sidney Ross and Co. 201 Soldiers’ Reading Room and House of Prayer, Ann Street Standard Freehold Land Company 437 Segovax 2 Siedle: Ludwig 251; Phillipine 444 368, 385 Standard Laundry 438 self-build housing 33, 281, 324, 439 Siemens: Alexander 119, 124; Karl, Werner and William bSolidoak Ltd 84 sStandard Telephones & Cables 84, 278 aSelves, Albert M. 324 (Karl Wilhelm) 119 aSolomon (Lewis), Son and Joseph 212 Standring, Thomas 283, 311, 314 aSemper, Gottfried 27, 165–7, 175, 177 Siemens and Halske 15, 119, 124 bSomerford (H.) & Son 373 aStanford Eatwell and Associates 392 bSensemove Ltd 362 Siemens Brothers’ Telegraph and Telephone Works 15, 17, Somers, D. K. 229 Star and Garter p.h. 197, 212 aSeppings, Sir Robert 105–6 28, 85, 114, 118, 119–25, 126–7, 199, 442, Ills 104–12 Somerset 379 Star Inn 294 Group plc 64 Siemens Edison Swan Ltd 125 Somerset House 96, 425 Starbucks 200 aSergison Bates 187 Siemens Road 122, 124, 126 bSonner, James 406 Starling, George 289 Seven Years War 93, 350 Signals Experimental Establishment 17, 441 bSonnex, James Samuel 55 Statham, Rev. W. 338 Severndroog Castle 421, 424 Signpost Castlewood Centre 438 Sounes, Clarence 275 Station Road (now Borgard Road and Belson Road, q.q.v.) sewers see drainage and sewers Sikh gurdwara and langar see Gurdwara Sahib soup kitchens 114, 255, 258 286, 291 Shaftesbury, 7th Earl of 385 Silvertown 213 431 statues 141, 153, 186, 215, 264–5, 300, 334, 336, 343, 362 Shakespeare p.h. 197, 207, Ill. 194 bSimmons, John 42 South African War Memorial 362 Stead, Joe 242 bSharpin, W. 229 bSimms, Sons & Cooke 412 South Bank Centre 64, 275 steam engines 99, 101, 150, 157, 159, 164, 166–7, 173, 186, Shaw: Maj.-Gen. George 378; John 372; R. Norman 46 Simonds, H. & G. 387 South East Architects’ Collaboration (SEAC) 339 256, 367 Shaw, Sir John: (the elder) 419; (2nd) 5; (4th) 419 Simpsons, Piccadilly 217 South East Hindu Association 398 steam factory see under Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard bShaw (Matthew T.) and Co. 175 Sims, Richard and Ann 49 South Eastern Railway 19, 21, 197, 232, 234, 281, 291, 307 Steam Flour Mills 61 Sheep Stairs 59 Singer (sewing-machine makers) 198 South Kensington 335, 426 steam hammers 108, 110, 141, 157, 164, 165–7, 170, 173, Sheerness: 136–7; Boat Store 111; Dockyard 90 sSinger (J. W.) & Son 265 South Metropolitan Gas Light & Coke Company 57, 209 176, 179, 186 Shell-Mex and BP Ltd 83 Single Living Accommodation Modernisation (SLAM) South Norwood 81 Steam Packet p.h. 51 Shepherd, Peter 407 36, 341–2 South Sea Company 136, 143–4 steamboats 19, 60–1, 64, 101, 110 aSheppard Robson 66, 280 Sinnock’s Cottages 70 Southall manor 4 steel construction 62–3, 217, 221, 223, 230, 274; pre-1914 Shersby, John and Shersby’s Field 289 Sir Martin Bowes House 324 Place, Brookhill Road 409 113, 175, 177–82, 211, 217, 359 Sherwin: Eliza, Matthew Henry and Matthew Henry bSisk 442 South-East London Aquatic Centre 103, 116–17 bStephens (Henry James) & Son 379–80, 384 William 377–8 Sisters of Notre Dame convent school 437 bSouthern Electric Contracting 341 Stephenson, Dr Francis 380 Sherwin House, Woodhill 377–8, Ill. 393 sSkidmore, Francis 112 Southern Housing Group 186 eStephenson, Robert 21 aSherwood, E. J. 81 aSkilling, Robert 274 Southern Outfall Sewer 307 Stepney 305; Comprehensive Development Area 313 Shillibeer, George 19 Skillman (Alfred) & Sons 69 aeSouthey, F. 124 sStevens (brickmaker) 149 Ship and Bunch Bowl p.h. 282 aSkinner, Lt. Gen. William 328 Southwark Fire Station 307 Stevens, George 378 Ship and Half Moon: Passage 50, 59, 61; p.h. 52; Stairs 59 Skinners’ Company 384 Sovereign, The 37–8 Stevenson, Lt. James 374 Ship Inn or Tavern 285 Slater Close 347 Sovereign House 116 Stevenson Committee 183 Ship Stairs or Gate 59 slaughterhouses 70, 114, 220–1 Sovereign of the Seas 88–9 aStewart, William 51 shipbuilding 5, 9, 26, 37–9, 60, 85, 87, 96, 98, 101–5, Slazenger, Ralph 383; Slazenger and Son 28, 363, 383–4, Soviet Union 200 Still, David Usborne 387 110–14; see also Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard 386, 387 Space Syntax 237 eStirling, Col. J.A. 83 ships: slips and slip covers see under Woolwich Royal Naval sSpagnoletti & Co. 242 Town Hall 259, 264 Agamemnon 111; Black Prince 101; Boscawen 111; Dockyard Span 446 Stockton-on-Tees 180 Canada 61; Confiance 101; Echo 101; Faraday 119; sSlough, John 110 Spanish Armada 130 Stockwood, Bishop Mervyn 47 Hampshire 177; Henry Grace à Dieu 37, 87 ; Independen- slums and slum clearance 16, 29, 55–6, 59, 79, 81, 83, 162, Spearman Street 437 stone supply 150–1 cia 113; Nelson 98; Northumberland 112; Prince Royal 225, 228, 298, 301, 309–11, 313, 320, 339, 384–5, 389, Spence (Sir Basil), Bonnington and Collins 279 Stone, James 69 89; Princess Alice 48, 60–1, 256; Repulse 111; Sovereign 408, 420, 439, 443 Spencer: Joseph 298; Joseph Blakey 381; Sir Thomas 278 aStone, Toms and Partners 201, 209, 242 (The) 37–8; Sovereign of the Seas 88–9; Thalia 112; Smeaton, John 150 Spenhill 280 aStoneham, A. T. H. 384 Trafalgar 103, 111; Warspite 118 aSmith, Brian 278 bSpiers, William Thomas 207, 242 storehouses see warehouses aShipwright, W. G. 241 bSmith: E. H. 319; George 378; Thomas 291, 294, 384 Spindle Close 117 eStott, P. F. 63 shipwrights 10, 40–1, 55, 88–98, 197, 253, 282, 288–91, Smith: George (wine merchant/developer) 79–80; Capt. aSpinks, W. A. 223 Stransham, Col. (Gen. Sir) Anthony Blaxland 367 328, 372, 384, 409, 413–14 George 144; George (ropemaker/timber merchant) 214; ‘spiral of steel’ 186 Stratford (Essex) 19, 60, 378 Shipwrights’ Mill Company 414 Henry J. 207; Maj.-Gen. James Webber 251; Matthew Splodgenessabounds 242 Stratford (J. T.) & Sons 82, 114 shipwrights’ windmill 10, 328, 393, 413–14, Ills 432, 438 69; Robert Thomas 205; W. H. 211 Spooky Joe’s 286 bStratton, James 379 aShirlow, John 319, 389, 392 bSmith & Appleford 111 sports-equipment manufacturing 15, 28, 294, 337, 363, Stratton, Michael 77 Shoeburyness, Essex 358, 440 bSmith (George) and Co. 347 383–4, 386–7 Street Life 234 Shooters Hill 9, 396, 419–22, 424, 438; No. 25 (Castle- bSmith (J.) & Sons 81 aSprague, W. G. R. 28, 336 strikes 10, 25, 41, 93, 173, 414 wood) 438–9, Ill. 461; Nos 27 and 31–33 (Ordnance sSmith (John) & Sons 264 abSpray, Matthew 42, 45, 232 Stripe, William 69 Place) 438 Smokehole, The 234, 237, 242 bSpray, William 232, 460 (n.130) Strother’s Coal Wharf 56 shopfronts 69, 211, 217, 221–2, 224, 247, 251 Smythe, Lt. Col. William James 428 Spray Street (formerly Spray’s Buildings) 232, 393 Strowger telephone exchanges 125 shops 15, 17, 28, 49, 51, 67, 69–70, 78, 82, 84, 126, 188–9, Soldier’s Rest beershop 386 Spurgeon, Charles 16, 81 Strype, John 9 196–224, 227, 230, 234–5, 240–2, 275, 286, 294, 313, Soldiers’ Daughters’ Home, Hampstead 343 stables and stabling 49, 71, 73, 93, 114, 126, 164, 207, 211, aStuart Miller Associates 67 315, 373, 384–7, 396–8 Soldiers’ Home and Mission Hall, Hill Street 295, 385, 214–15, 232, 247, 250, 327, 329–332, 338, 360, 364, 367, Stucke, Ronald Bryson 312 bShott, John 385 Ill. 401 383, 411, 435, 440 Styles, Thomas 40 Shrapnel Barracks 440 Soldiers’ Institute and Sunday School see Gurdwara Sahib Stacey, Rev. Nicolas 17, 47, 387 submarine cable see telegraph cable  INDEX INDEX 

Submarine Cables Ltd 124 telephones and cables 122, 124–5 Tower of London 134, 136–7, 139, 144–6, 186, 424, 427 University of Greenwich 185, 234, 243, 258, 275; see also Summerson, John 354 eTelford, Thomas 19 Tower Place 5, 38–9, 41, 49, 129–30, 134, 136, 143, 324, Woolwich Polytechnic aeSumner, Frank 25, 58 Temperance Billiard Hall 240 Ills 118, 129 University Technical College Royal Greenwich 125 Sun Alley (now Sunbury Street, q.v.) 284, 307, 309, 402 Temperley Transporter Company 113 Tower subway 64 aUpchurch (Nigel) Associates 117, 243 Sunbury Lodge 313 Tenants’ Defence and Fair Rent League 24 Towl, John 410 Upper Gun Park 350, 360 Sunbury Street 27, 281, 284, 309, 313, 315, 319, 325, tennis rackets and balls see sports-equipment Town and Commercial Properties 207, 223 Upper Market Street see Market Street Ill. 312 manufacturing Town Commissioners see Woolwich Town Commissioners Upson, John 198, 202, 204, 212, 221, 224 Civic Centre 279 terracotta 214–15, 233 town halls see and Woolwich Old aUren, Reginald 74 Sundridge Investments 240 beTersons Ltd 82, 223 Town Hall supermarkets 18, 67–8, 81, 84, 184–5, 203, 205, 220, 224, Tesco 185, 211, 278, 280 Town Mills 61 Vale Cottage 374–5 228, 235, 241, 245, 280 Thakrar House 70 Townshend, George (4th Viscount or 1st Marquess) 328, Valentine, Ann 253 Surgeon Street 51, 56 Thalia 112 389 Van Diemen’s Land 101 Surrey and Kent Commissioners of Sewers 191 Thames Barrier 21, 85, 116, 125 Toynbee Hall 25 Vanbrugh, Sir John 136–7, 167 Sustrans 116, 186 Thames Gateway 184 Trading with the Enemy Act (1916) 124 vandalism 220, 315, 318, 323, 350, 389, 415, 431, 444 aeSutcliffe, John 25, 58, 209, 266 Thames House 276–7 Trafalgar 103, 111 Varlo, Capt. George 364 Sutherland, Sir John 338 Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company 62 Trafalgar p.h. 286 Vasey, William 211–12 Sutton: R. H. 275; Capt. Thomas 246 Thames Polytechnic see Woolwich Polytechnic training fortifications352 –3, 355, 357–9, Ills 363, 369 bVaughan, John 397–8 bSwallow Construction 186 Thames Steamboat Company 61 trams and tramways 21, 27, 79–80, 109, 122, 190, 198, Vauxhall 118; Gardens 353 Swan beerhouse 220 Thames, River 1–2, 5, 18, 22, 37, 56, 60–1, 64, 85–98, 110, 226–7, 240–2 venereal disease 15, 36 aSwift (Arthur) and Partners 82, 202–3 112, 114, 118–19, 125, 316, 323, 355 Tramshed, The 27, 190, 241–2, Ill. 237 Verbruggen, Jan and Pieter 140, 147 swimming-baths 55, 118, 157, 256–7, 430–1 129, 163, 186; see also Royal Arsenal, canal Transport & General Workers’ Union 231 Veritas 386 Swing Riots 440 Theatre Royal see Empire Theatre Transport for London 64, 234, 237 bVerry, William 307 Sydenham 375 theatres and music halls 15, 28, 76, 78–80, 144, 147, 197, Travelodge 217 Vestry see Woolwich Vestry bSykes and Son 84 201, 207, 228, 242, 251, 265, 274–6, 336 sTrent Concrete Structures 212 vestry halls 254 sSylvester, Charles 427 Third West Kent Rifle Volunteers’ Drill Hall82 , Ill. 72 aTrevett, George 274 Vicars, Hedley 204, 212, 223 synagogues 79, 82, 398 aThomas: Sir Alfred Brumwell 27, 258–9, 264–6; Edward Trevor, Sir John 89 sVickers Armstrong 212 system building and prefabrication 29, 203, 295, 305, 259; Herbert Oliver 23, 62, 71, 226, 256, 259, 378–9 sTrimmer, William 149 cVictor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 362, 432 317–25, 389–90, 441–3 bThomas, Edwin 398 Trinder, Tommy 336 Victoria, Queen 240, 264–5, 331, 334, 343, 358, 362, 431–2, bSzerelmey 164 bThomas & Edge 73, 80, 114, 162, 200–1, 209, 211–12, 221, Trinity Cottages 126 438 224, 229, 231, 237, 258, 272–4, 294–5, 309, 319, 360, Trinity Stairs 118, Ill. 89 Victoria Hall see Woolwich Town Hall T. K. Maxx 212 384, 386, 396, 398 Trinity Street see Warspite Road Victoria p.h. 79 eTabor, Edward Henry 66 sThomas & Rudge 423 Trinity Wharf 118–19 Victoria Steamboat Association 61 tailors and outfitters15 , 70, 201, 203–4, 209, 214, 224, 234, Thomas Spencer Hall of Residence 278–9, Ill. 277 bTrollope and Colls 204 Victoria Terrace, Wellington Street 251, Ills 242, 243 242, 247, 386–7, 396, 399 Thomas Street 199, 202–3, 209, 237, 242–3, 245, 250, Truman, Hanbury and Co. 126 Victualling Office 93 Tannahill, David and Sgt.-Maj. William 379 272–6, 313 sTruscon Ltd 223, 390 eVignoles, Charles Blacker 19 Tanner, Sir Henry 182 Nos 1–5 245–7, Ills 239, 240; Nos 7–11 (Thames aTruscott, Norman 319 Viking House 323 sTanners 265 House) 276–7; No. 13 275, Ill. 274; No. 15 (Earl of Tuff (Charles) and Hoar 57; Tuff ’s Wharf 57, 63 Village Blacksmith p.h. 386 Taplin family 53 Chatham p.h.) 250, Ill. 274; No. 26 243; No. 32 243; Tunisia 148 Vincent, William Thomas 23, 48, 232, 266, 440 Tappy: Fraser Lewis 414; John 118 Nos 34–54 202, 242 Turner, Capt. 378 Vincent Road 232–3, 241 Tappy’s Place 214 Thompson, William Martin 406 Turnhold Properties 408, 438 bVinci Construction 362 Tasmania 101 Thompson and Jackson 222 Turnpike Act (1765) 19 Vinegar Hill 286 Taverson, John 246 Thornton, Henry 212 bTurtle and Appleton 221, 224, 272 sVinnicombe, Mr 179 Taximagulus 2 Three Daws p.h. 52 aeTwiss, Col. William 148–50, 329, 422 Virgo, Charles 397 sTaylor (brickmaker) 149 Thunder, William 204, 411 Twomey, N. 67 Vista Building 28, 200, 203 aeTaylor, George Ledwell 101–2, 107–8 Thunderbird missile 341 Tyer, Austin 253 Vivian, Sir Richard 164 bTaylor, H. and J. 126; John 289 sThwaites: Ainsworth 329–30; John 156; Thwaites & Reed bTyler, William 328 bVolker Highways 237 Taylor, James 385; William 232 145 aVulliamy, George 62 aTaylor: Robert 96; Thomas 385 Tidworth, Wiltshire 338 Ujima Housing Association 397 Taylor (Isaac Septimus) and Co. 223 cTijou, Jean 135 unemployment 17–18 W. H. Smith 211 bTaylor and Son 361 Times Furnishing 211 Union Arms p.h. 84 cWailes, William 348 Taylor Woodrow Property Co. 116 Tite, Sir William 112, 166 Union Buildings 81, 84, 220, 222; see also Bunton Street Walcheren expedition 149 bTaylor Woodrow-Anglian Ltd 322 Tivoli Gardens 323 Union Chapel 284 Walker: A. V. 311, 315; Sgt.-Maj. Edward 378 Taylor’s Buildings 232 Toddy Tree Stairs 59 Union Place 81 eWalker, James 55, 102–3 Taylor’s Mews (later Morris Walk, q.v.) 289 Toder, William 378 Union Row, Woolwich New Road 231 bWalker, John 229; Thomas Andrew 64 Tecks 387 bTongue, William 440 Union Street see Macbean Street aWalker, Nelson 416 aeTee, Herbert William 25, 27, 58–9, 209, 230, 268, 384 Tonight 84 Union Street School 81–2 eWalker & Burgess 103 Tees, Dr James 78 Tooting 76 United Carlo Gatti 114 Wall, Max 242 aTeesdale, Lt. Harry G. 361 Topley, William 228 United Service Tavern 118 bWallis 446 telegraph cables 114, 119 Torrance (J. Watt) & Co. 118 Unity Place, Samuel Street 286–8, Ills 285, 286 Wallis: F. A. 211; F. J. 205 Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. (Telcon) 124 Tovey, Lt. Samuel 246 Unity Way 125 Wallis and Howes 211  INDEX INDEX 

bWallis (G. E.) and Sons 203 aWatts, Peter 164 wharves 5, 7, 9, 37–9, 41, 55–7, 60, 91, 96, 114, 117–18, Wing, A. J. 202 beWalpole, Col. John 162, 166, 407–8, 416, 428 Waverley Cottage(s) 373, 384–5 134, 148–50, 176, 193, 372 Wingate, Harold H. 199 Walpole, Robert 409 aWealden Architectural Services 347 aWhincop, Walter 196, 295; see also Church, Quick and Wingrove, Gen. George Prescott 297, 377–8 Walpole Arms p.h. 408–9 aWeaver, Charles 145, 147, 149, 423 Whincop Winkworth, William 396 Walpole Place 393, 408, Ill. 430 bWeaver, Thomas 149, 423 aWhinney, Son and Austen Hall 200 Wise, Stephen 70 Walpole Road (now part of Sandy Hill Road) 407 cWebb, Geoffrey 266 Whitaker, Jane 381 Wiseman, Daniel 42, 45, 47 aWalsh, Frederick Morfee 338 Webb: George 229; H. J. 223; Sir John 346, 434 Whitbourn, Philip 287 aWitherford Watson Mann 231 aWalter, John William 27, 46, 298–9, 304 aWebb, John 130 Whitbread House Hostel for Working Boys 294 Withers: Ann 49; John 148, 161 bWalter Scott & Middleton 66 sWebb & Co. 300 Whitbreads 98, 399-400 Women’s Royal Army Corps 341, 433 cWalters, Edward 404 Weeks, Thomas 253 Whitby, Thomas 125 Wood: J. L. G. 384; Sir Kingsley 237; William 70 aWalters, Frederick A. 400, 403–6, 437 Weetman, Capt. Agar 414 Whitby Road 392, Ill. 407 bWood (William) & Son 389 bWalters and Blake 78 Weinstock, Sir Arnold 125 Whitby’s Brewery 369 Wood (Place) Street (now Woodhill, q.v.) 289, 305, 309, aWalters and Cohen bWeiss, William 375 bWhite, A. 438 374–5, 378–9, 383 Walworth 50 Wellesley, Arthur (Wellington, Duke of) 153, 162, 186, White, Charles and Henry 409 Wood Street Home see Woodhill (Nos 173–175) Borough Council 315 353–5, 384, 425–6 sWhite & Sons 150 Woodberry Down 388–9 war damage: First World War 183, 338; Second World War Wellesley Estate 384–6, 388 aWhite (K. C.) and Partners 413 Woodford, William 437–8 50, 83, 114, 124, 183, 212, 268, 274, 283, 295, 298, 300–1, Wellesley House 385, Ill. 401 White Gate, Barrack Field 343 bWoodhead, Sgt. Joseph 150, 247 305, 309, 311–12, 335–6, 339, 348, 361, 363, 376, 378, Wellesley House, Plumstead 438 White Hart p.h. 220–1 Woodhill 14, 19, 289, 324, 358, 363, 373–9, 380, 383, 389, 384–6, 388–9, 411, 441, 443 Wellesley p.h. 385–6, Ill. 401 White Lion p.h. 282 Ills 388–95 War of the Spanish Succession 91 Welling Estate Ltd 71, 78 White Palmer & Co. 118 Nos 89–119 324; Nos 123–127 379; Nos 129–131 War Office 62, 112–13, 116, 154, 162, 166–7, 182–3, 186, Wellington, Duke of see Wellesley, Arthur Whitehurst, John 344 (Elwes Terrace) 378; Nos 143–151 376, Ill. 390; Nos 270, 272, 277–8, 304, 315, 317, 336, 339, 347, 358, 371, Wellington Avenue 179, 184–5 aWhitelaw Turkington 68, 280 153–157 375, Ill. 390; No. 159 (Anchor Cottage) 375; 386–7, 407, 428, 431, 434, 438, 440, 443–4 Wellington Developments Ltd 389 Whitely, George Miller and Henry 251 Nos 161–167 389, Ill. 391; Nos 169–171 379; Nos 173– Ward, John 251 Wellington Memorial, Guildhall 343 cWhittaker, Francis 144 175 375, 379, Ill. 389; No. 175 305; Nos 177–203 379 Warde, Gen. Sir Edward 334 Wellington Park 186 sWhitworth, Sir Joseph 174 Nos 2–40 324; Nos 76–86 378; No. 98 (the Limes) warehouses 26, 37–40, 55, 83, 89–90, 93–6, 99, 113, Wellington Street 19, 25, 245, 250-2, 254, 259, 264, 268, Who Cares 47 374–5; Nos 100–102 377, Ill. 393; No. 104 379; Nos 106– 119, 125, 214, 234, 275, 288; see also Royal Arsenal, 274–7, 280–1, 294, 297, 305, 317, 324, 338, 341, 367, bWhyatt Ltd 407 110 (Eliza Terrace) 377, Ills 393–5; No. 112 (Hanging- warehouses 383, 444 eWicksteed, Thomas 440 wood House) 305, 377–8, Ill. 393; Nos 112a and 114–116 Warren see Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Warren Nos 1–9 (Thames House) 276–7; No. 11 251; No. 15 bWilcon Homes 413 379; Nos 118–120 (Albion Cottages) 377, Ill. 392; Nos Warren: Robert James 78, 223; widow 381 277; Nos 17–23 (Victoria Terrace) 251, 275, 378, 410, Wilford, Capt. Ernest Christian 373 122–124 377; Nos 126–136 389; Nos 142–144 378 Warren (George William) and Son 223 Ills 242, 243; Nos 25–27 277; Nos 29–37 268; No. 35 aWilkinson: Fanny Rollo 48; Sir Nevile Rodwell 348 Woodhill School 28, 281, 305, 378, Ills 307, 311 Warren Lane: 5, 38, 41, 49–52, 81, 83–4, 148, 190; Wharf see Woolwich Centre; Nos 41–43 275; Nos 45–53 see Willenhall Road 411 aWoodroffe, Walter Henry 81 57; (old) see also Ship and Half Moon Passage Woolwich Municipal Offices;No. 55 see Director Willes, George 70 Woodrow 28–9, 372, 383; Nos 1–3 384; Nos 20–25 384; Nos Warrior beerhouse 286 General p.h.; Nos 107–137 324 William III 90, 135–6 64–65 (Malings/Slazenger) 363, 383–4, 386–7, Ill. 399; Warspite 118 Nos 2–14 275, Ills 273–4; No. 50 (Nelson House) 269; William IV 141 Nos 67–72 and 79–80 379 Warspite Road (formerly Trinity Street) 85, 99, 102, No. 70 (Bill Walden House) 324 William Street (now Calderwood Street, q.v.) 193, 196, 203, Woodrow Business Centre 384 113–14, 117–19, 122, 126, 305 Welsh Chapel, Parson’s Hill 79 245, 250, 252–3, 255, 266-7, 269–70, 272, 275, 294–5 aWoods, Brendan 278 Warspite Wharf 118–19 aWerner, Neill 304 Williams: Maj.-Gen. Sir Albert 348; Apostle Alfred 76 bWoods, John or Joseph 159 Warwick Street see Lord Warwick Street Wesley’s Chapel, City Road 295 eWilliams, Arthur 178 Woodville Street 378, 389 Washington, Rear Adm. John 375 Wesleyan Association Chapel 81 cWilliams, Martin 233 aWoodward Ambrose Architects 317 waste ground 224–5, 282, 420 bWest and Brooks Ltd 221–2 bWilliams, William 409 bWoodward & Co. 291 watch-houses 49, 70, 81, 267 West India Docks 149–50, 152 Williamsons Ltd 211 Woollett, Robert 70 watercourses and water supply 1, 22–3, 134, 256, 289, 346, West Kent Freehold Land Society 15 Willis, Margaret 313 Woolwich Adventure Play Centre 325 350, 365, 367, 393, 396, 409, 414, 419, 429, 438; see also West Kent Theatre 80 bWillmott Dixon 280 Woolwich Advisory Committee on Women’s Employment reservoirs West Woolwich Baptist Church 384 Willow Lane 392 307 Waterfront Leisure Centre 27, 64, 66–8, 84, 187, 258, Westbridge School, Battersea 298 Wilmount Street 240, 396, 397 Woolwich and District Antiquarian Society 287 Ills 51, 52 Westcombe Homes 347 Wilson (or Maryon Wilson): family 118, 127, 148, 226; Woolwich and District Synagogue 398 Watergate House 319 Westfield Street 122, 124–7 Lady Jane 420; Sir Thomas 49, 420 Woolwich and District Trades and Labour Council 258 aWaterhouse and Ripley 274 Westinghouse, 183 Wilson: James 383; John 16, 79, 81 Woolwich and District War Memorial Hospital 438 Waterman’s Arms p.h. 51 Westland Aircraft 184 bWilson, D. 78 Woolwich and Plumstead Cemeteries 196 Waterman’s Fields (now part of Brookhill Road, q.v.) 396, cWestmacott, Richard (junior) 331 aWilson: Harry 222; Lewis 73 Woolwich and Plumstead Coffee Taverns Co. 240 398, 407–8 Westminster, Duke of 256 Wilson Bowden Developments 220 Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital 438–9 watermen 18, 55 Westminster Bank 237 Wilton House 347 Woolwich and Plumstead Independent Labour Party 258 Watermen’s Steam Packet Company 61 Westminster Bunting Ltd 125 bWimpey (George) and Co. 203, 242, 279, 417 Woolwich and Plumstead Synagogue 82 Wates, Benjamin, Jemima and Joseph 204–5 Westminster Construction Company 125 Wimpy Bar 243 Woolwich Animals’ Welfare Centre 79 bWates (R. W.) and Sons 201 Westminster Industrial Estate 125 bWindell, John 42 Woolwich Arsenal Cinematograph Co. 228 bWates Construction 185, 280, 316, 319 aWeston Williamson Architects 188 windmills 10, 328, 413–14; see also shipwrights’ windmill Woolwich Arsenal Football Club 15, 142, 176, 186 Watling Street (now Shooters Hill, q.v.) 2, 419, 444 sWestwood and Baillie 430 Windrum, Lt. Col. Freddie 338 Woolwich Arsenal Rail Enterprises 234 Watney, Combe & Reid 79, 207, 373, 386 Whale, George 258 Windrush House 397 Woolwich Arsenal Station 21–2, 27, 190, 197, 232–4, bWatt, James (Catford) Ltd 77 cWhall, Christopher and Veronica 432 Windsor Castle 423, 425 Ills 227–30  INDEX INDEX 

Woolwich Baking Society 213 Woolwich Equitable Gas Company 57 Woolwich Radical Club 25, 203 workhouses 14, 22–3, 26–8, 49–50, 51, 196, 255 Woolwich Baptist Tabernacle 79, 81, 84, 413, Ill. 71 Woolwich Evangelical Church, Woodhill 384 Woolwich Road 85, 117–18, 125–7; No. 821 126; Nos workshops 38, 60–1, 63, 73, 83, 101, 111, 113, 119, 122, Woolwich Baths (and Lecture Hall Company), Nelson Woolwich Ferry Company 118, 373 823–833 (Howick Mansions) 126, Ill. 113; see also Green- 124, 208, 214, 247, 250, 272, 274. 359, 383, 387, 416, 438, Street 55, 256, 258, Ills 34–6 Woolwich Fire Station 27, 281, 307, Ills 312–14 wich Road 441; see also under Royal Arsenal Woolwich Board of Guardians 309 Woolwich Foot Tunnel 21–2, 27, 64–6, 68, Ills 46, 50 Woolwich Ropeyard 5, 9, 14, 38, 39–41, 49, 56, 79, 84, 88, Wray, John 266 Woolwich Borough Council 1, 24–5, 48, 56, 63–6, 71, 82–3, Woolwich Free Ferry 5, 21–3, 27, 51, 57, 61–4, 199, 220, 93, Ills 6, 18, 19 Wren, Christopher 264 198–9, 223, 227, 230, 234, 242, 250, 253–66, 268, 278–9, Ills 39, 45–9, 51 Woolwich Rosherville Gardens 288 Wrenn, Christopher 53, 220 301, 305, 310, 348, 359, 385, 391, 407, 435 see Royal Artillery Barracks Woolwich Royal Marine Division 369 Wricklemarsh 422 car parks 203, 412; comprehensive development 82, Woolwich Grand Theatre see Grand Theatre, Wellington Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard 5, 9–10, 18–19, 22–3, 26, aWright and Renny 291, 310, 319 311–17, 319; Development Committee 83–4, 312–13; Street 37, 39, 41–2, 49, 85–112, 118, 164, 166, 190, 266, 281–2, aWright, Morton 242 Direct Labour Organization 17, 25, 58, 116, 209, 268, Woolwich Hall 5, 50, 69, 220, 363 285, 289, 350, 364–5, 368, 440, Ills 6, 74–103; closure 15, organ 76 311–12, 317, 324, 384, 443; Electricity Department 58, Woolwich High Street 2, 5, 10, 21, 28, 37–41, 47, 49–56, 112, 363, 371–2 aWyatt: James 26–7, 145, 147–52, 155, 158–9, 161, 247, 73, 208–9, 211, 264; Municipal Buildings Committee 59, 64, 68–71, 72–4, 77, 78, 81–3, 190, 198, 201, 220, Boughton’s Docks 5, 87; Clock House 26, 85, 96–8, 329–33, 335, 346, 353, 422–4, 427–8, 434; Lewis 26, 264; public housing 9, 17, 29, 281, 312, 315, 319, 384, Ills 38, 39, 45, 47, 51, 52 116, Ills 81, 82, 87; docks 26, 85, 88–91, 101–3, 108, 149–52, 159, 250, 331, 335, 346, 423, 427; Matthew 389, 443, see also St Mary’s Estate and Woodrow (Nos Nos 57–64 51, Ill. 31; Nos 69–73 49; Nos 108–113 69– 110, 112, 116–17, Ills 74–6, 80, 81, 90; entrance gates Digby 27, 347; Thomas Henry 27, 334–6, 347, 361 20–25); road improvements 21, 80; slum clearance 83, 70, Ill. 55; No. 114 70; No. 119a 222, Ill. 213; Nos 120– 98, 108, 113, Ill. 83; guard houses 98, 108, 110, Ill. 83; bWyatt, Jeffry 354 283, 311, 320 123 70–1, Ills 56, 57; Nos 130–132 71; Nos 133–146 78 slip covers 105–7, 111–12, Ills 94, 95, 99; slips 90–2, Wyndemylhill 5 Woolwich Broadway 234 Woolwich Hippodrome 276 101–3, 105, 111–12, 114, 117, Ills 74–6, 80, 81, 91–3; Woolwich Catholic Club 84 Woolwich Independent Labour Party 25 smitheries 99, 108, 113, Ills 84–6; steam factory 14, 26, Yateley Street 122, 125–6 Woolwich Central Baptist Church 413 Woolwich Infant 174–5 85, 101, 103, 107–10, 113, 126, 213, 281, 289, Ills 96, 97; aYeo, Samuel A. S. 78 Woolwich Central Health Centre 254, 268, Ill. 264 Woolwich Investment Company 242 workforce 14, 284, 327 bYin-Bis Investment Ltd 386 Woolwich Central 278, 280 Woolwich Labour Representation Association 25, 231 Woolwich Ship, The 227 Yolland, Lt. Col. William 428 Woolwich Centre 27, 245, 254, 268, 280, Ill. 279 Woolwich Local Board of Health 23, 48, 58, 61, 64, 71, Woolwich Simba Project 387 York, Duke of (Prince Frederick Augustus) 9, 330, 419 Woolwich Chamber of Commerce 113, 277 114, 220, 226, 253, 255–6, 258, 272, 277, 309, 397 Woolwich Steam Flour Mill 234 Yorkon Ltd 325 Woolwich Choral Society 264 Woolwich Magistrates’ Court 27, 254, 267–8, Ill. 263 Woolwich Steam Packet Company 18, 60 Yorkshire Grey p.h. 284 Woolwich Church Street 2, 17, 19, 21, 42, 48, 55, 91, 96, Woolwich manor 4 Woolwich Store 112–13 aYoung: G. A. 118; William 46, 48 98, 113, 116, 281–3, 285, 313, 318–19, 325, Ill. 292; see Woolwich market 9, 22, 49, 52, 69, 198, 226 Woolwich Theatre Ltd 242 bYoung: H. 208; John 135 also Albion Road Woolwich Municipal Offices254 , 268, Ill. 244 Woolwich Town Commissioners 19, 22–3, 27, 49–50, 162, Young & Co.’s Brewery plc 143 Woolwich Common Estate 33, 390, 411, 419, 442–4, Woolwich Mutual Benefit Building Society205 193, 230, 250, 253–4, 266–7, 289, 373, 378 aYoung and Hall 309 Ills 464–6 Woolwich National Schools 46, 50; see also St Mary Woolwich Town Hall 24–5, 27, 254, 258–66, 280, Ills 247, Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) 82, 116, 270, Woolwich Common Joint Committee 440 Magdalene Church of England Primary School 255–61 275, 387 Woolwich Common Nursery School 28, 440, Ill. 465 Woolwich New Road 19, 21, 28, 61, 84, 190, 199–200, Woolwich Triangle scheme 73, 220 Younghusband, Gen. C. W. 179 Woolwich Common 2, 9, 14, 16–19, 21–2, 27, 33, 48, 129, 224–7, 230, 232–5, 237, 240–2, 247, 295, 343, 393, Woolwich Vestry 10, 22, 42, 45–6, 49, 51, 255, 266, 307, 419 aYoungman, G. P. 48, 315 144, 234, 328, 358, 375, 396, 414, 419–21, 422, 434, 396–400, 406, 412, 414, 416–17, Ill. 184 Woolwich Warren see under Royal Arsenal Youths’ Christian Institute 270 439–40, 442–4, 446, Ills 437, 438, 462–6 Nos 1–1b (former Royal Mortar Hotel) 231, Ill. 225; Woolwich Wharf 114 Nos 4–8 (Rochester Place) 421; Nos 10–35 (demoli- Nos 2–2b 229; Nos 3–13 231–2, Ill. 226; Nos 15–17 232; Woolwich Workhouse and Infirmary196 Zealand House 323 tion) 435–7; Nos 10–15 (Clarence Place) 435; Nos 16–22 Nos 19–27 232; Nos 51–57 see Tramshed; Nos 59–87 Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Nurses’ Home 438 Zeughaus, Berlin 148 (Adelaide Place) 435, 440; Nos 23–28 (Queen’s Terrace) (including Punjab House) 396; No. 89 14, 396–7, Ills Woolworth, F. W. 223; Woolworths 28, 198, 199, 228, Zidpark, Southwark Bridge 83 435, Ill. 457; Nos 29-35 (Kempt Terrace) 434–5, Ill. 458; 410, 411; Nos 91–101 398–400, Ills 414, 415; No. 111 Ill. 214 Zion Chapel, Upper Market Street 253 No. 36 (Belle Vue) 435; Nos 52–57 434, Ill. 439; No. 58 (Central Court) 406–7 Wordsworth, William 444 Zollinger, Friedrich R. B. 230 (Chatham House) 434; Nos 63–66 421, 434, Ill. 455 Woolwich Old Town Hall 22, 27, 46, 71, 78, 245, 253, Workers of Woolwich 233 Zulu and Afghan wars memorial 362, Ill. 374 Woolwich Conservative Club 231 254–6, 258, 266, Ills 10, 249, 250 Woolwich Consumers’ Protective Gas Company 57 Woolwich Parochial Almshouses 49–50, 315, Ill. 28 Woolwich Co-operative Provident Society 213 Woolwich Pioneer 231 Woolwich Council of Social Service 25 Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Nurses’ Home 438 Woolwich County Court 27, 78, 256 Woolwich Police Court 255–6, 266, Ills 248, 249 Woolwich Development Agency 68, 227 Woolwich Police Station 27, 254–5, 266­–7, Ills 246, 249, Woolwich District Electric Light Company 58, 203 251, 262 Woolwich District Trades and Labour Council 25 Woolwich Polytechnic (Young Men’s Christian Institute) Woolwich Dockyard see Woolwich Royal Naval Dockyard 16, 27, 82, 177, 185, 196, 235, 242, 250, 253–4, 256, Woolwich Dockyard Estate 33, 85, 116, 117, 325, Ills 87, 102 269–75, 278, 407, Ills 247, 265–73 Woolwich Dockyard Industrial Estate 108, 113, 116 Woolwich Polytechnic Lower School 82 Woolwich Dockyard School for Apprentices 109 Woolwich Polytechnic Secondary Technical School for Woolwich Dockyard Station 21, 307 Boys 82 Woolwich Dockyard Tunnel 307 Woolwich Poor Law Union 23 Woolwich Empire see Empire Theatre Woolwich Power Station 57–9, 67, Ills 39–41 Woolwich Equitable Benefit Building and Investment Woolwich Proprietary Chapel Company 79 Association 204 Woolwich Public Baths 27, 196, 256–7, 258, Ills 251–3 Woolwich Equitable Building Society 15, 17, 28, 198, 204, Woolwich Public Library 16, 24, 27, 196, 257–8, Ills 250, 213, 224, 237, 278, Ills 190, 231–5 254