We did not find the website of The British Postal Museum & Archive terribly helpful whereas The Wargrave Local History Society is far more informative and with reference to the GLO says: "Charles II appointed Henry Bishop as the first Postmaster General who established the General Letter Office. All the post went to London, where clerks calculated the charge to be paid by the recipient".
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General Letter Office
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General Letter Office
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...
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Co-operative Bank
A retail and commercial bank with headquarters in Manchester. Formed in 1872 as the Loan and Deposit Department of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, becoming the CWS Bank four years later. Howeve...
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Port of Tilbury, London
As ships got bigger ports were needed further down the Thames. Â In 1909 Tilbury Port became part of the Port of London Authority. Situated just upstream from Tilbury Fort.
1 memorial
Charles Dello Strologo
Strologo gave about 80 bus shelters to Surrey. Researching Strologo we found that someone was ahead of us: John Slatford, who has very kindly allowed us to re-present his findings here: "Charles D...
1 memorial
Henry Charles Stephens
Businessman and politician. Born at 71 York Road, Lambeth (demolished), the son of Dr Henry Stephens. Known as 'Inky', he developed the writing fluid invented by his father. He served as member of ...
2 memorials
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