The Founders' first hall was built in what is still called "Founders' Court" in 1549. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rebuilt. Our picture shows the Hall in 1848, when leased out to The Electric Telegraph Co. In 1853 the Founders moved to St Swithin's Lane. In 1985 - 1987 a new building was erected on yet another site, at the east end of St. Bartholomew the Great in Cloth Fair.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Founders' Hall
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Founders' Hall - Cloth Fair, plaque with crest
Founders Hall, 1 Cloth Fair The Worshipful Company of Founders, Award of Hon...
Founders' Hall - Lothbury
We believe that, for all the livery companies, their Halls should be named wi...
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Worshipful Company of Butchers
From the Butchers' website: "Five of our seven Halls were burned down including destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The fourth Hall, in Pudding Lane, was subject to a compulsory purch...
2 memorials
Worshipful Company of Founders
Founders were workers in brass and brass alloys or tinplate. They made small objects such as candlesticks and weights and measures. From their website (link now dead): "Today ... the Founders' Com...
2 memorials
Tallow Chandlers Hall
In 1476 the Tallow Chandlers bought what was probably a merchant’s house on Dowgate Hill and used that as their Hall. The Hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt 1671-3. Damaged ...
1 memorial
Hall of the Worshipful Company of Masons
From The Masons: "Between 1483 and 1865 the Masons’ Company Halls (both the pre and post Great Fire) stood on the site of what is now 12 Mason’s Avenue. A certain amount is known about both buildin...
1 memorial
Drapers' Hall
The Drapers' Company has owned the site since 1543. The first building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, and its successor also burnt down in 1772. The current building was designed by Joh...
1 memorial