Building    From 1723 

The George Pub, Fleet Street

Categories: Commerce, Food & Drink

Founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Current building is late Victorian.

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The George Pub, Fleet Street

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George Pub

The George The George was founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges ...

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Imperial Hotel, Russell Square

Imperial Hotel, Russell Square

Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll.  The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

22 memorials
Sir Joseph Lyons

Sir Joseph Lyons

Sir Joseph Nathaniel Lyons was a pioneer of mass catering. Chairman of J. Lyons and Co. Born Kennington,his father being a Jewish itinerant watch seller. Joseph was apprenticed to an optician. Mov...

Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Fyffes Group Ltd

Fyffes Group Ltd

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution

United Kingdom Temperance & General Provident Institution

A life insurance company.  From FriendsLife: "The UK Total Abstinence Life was formed in London in 1840 and, as the name suggests, its products were aimed initially at teetotallers. The group grew ...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
original HMV store

original HMV store

Londonist writes: "The building was destroyed on Boxing Day 1937 and reopened in 1939. HMV's flagship store moved (slightly) to 150 Oxford Street, but the old address was reacquired in 2013, and re...

Place, Commerce, Music / songs

1 memorial