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Rowton houses or 'poor men's hotels' were dwelling-houses for unmarried working men in London, the first was erected in Vauxhall in 1892 by Lord Rowton, and accommodated 484 persons. This was so successful that a company - Rowton Houses Ltd - was formed and five other houses subsequently established - in Calthorpe Street in 1896, Newington Butts in 1897, Hammersmith Road in 1899, Fieldgate Street in 1902 and in Camden Town in 1905. The business was conducted on strictly commercial lines with customers charged for a bed and the use of public rooms.
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Frederick Marryat was and English writer. He was born in 1792 at Westminster and died in 1848. He entered the Royal Navy under Lord Alexander Cochrane in 1806, and took part in all his exploits until he was invalided from the Walcheren expedition of 1809. He afterwards took part in the war in Burma. Settling at Hammersmith in 1830, he took to literature, becoming editor of the ' Metropolitan Magazine' from 1832 to 1835, and writing a number of novels.
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Alan Rickman is an English actor, film director, film producer and writer. He was born in 1946 at Hammersmith, London. Children will know him for his role as 'Professor Severus Snape' in the 'Harry Potter' series of films.
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Gabriel Thomson is an English actor. He was born in 1986 at Hammersmith, London. He is best known as the geeky son, 'Michael Harper' in the 2002 television series 'My Family'.
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Brook Green is a suburb of Greater London, England, just north of Hammersmith.
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Fulham (recorded in the Domesday Book as Fuleham) is a district of London and former village situated in a bend of the River Thames. And bounded by the boroughs of Chelsea, Kensington, and Hammersmith. It contains the palace of the Bishop of London.
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Hammersmith (formerly known as Hamersmythe during te 13th century) is a district of Greater London, England.
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