6 January 1840 Frances Burney died. Satirical novelist, diarist playwright, daughter of Dr Charles Burney, a Worthy. Fanny Burney- good friend of Hester Thrale who lived at "Streatham Park" and regularly stayed https://t.co/KMfH03wTQt

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Christmas 100 years ago in 1920 this appeared in the London Illustrated London News. Artist is Arthur Butcher of 188 Wellfield Rd . More in John Brown's book "A Streatham Christmas" https://t.co/D3fErShFAw

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12 December 1869 Edward Bradley died
English clergyman and novelist who painted ''Streatham Common'', c.1850; watercolour https://t.co/jXaH1HkaFp

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17 November each year Elizabeth Howland gifted £2 to be paid for the preaching of a sermon at St Leonard's
This being the anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth 1 https://t.co/jXaH1HkaFp

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