A London livery company. Originally part of the Grocers’ Company, they separated when they were granted their own royal charter in 1617. The Apothecaries Act of 1815 granted them the power to license and regulate practitioners of medicine in England and Wales. The society is based at the Apothecaries’ Hall in Blackfriars.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Chelsea Physic Garden was establ...
Placed at the service of the war office during the Great War and was occupied by sick and wounded soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces from October 1914 until the 31st January 1918. 5406 s...
This work consists of approximately 240,000 red and pink hearts, one for each of the UK Covid deaths. Volunteers created this mural and,...
This mural depicts 3 football players: one was a PoW held in Auschwitz, where, amazingly, he played football, the other 2 were Jewish and...
This is probably the 'opening' stone for the hospital which was begun in 1907.
The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...
We cannot find what occasion this stone was laid for.
