Wholesalers of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices, located at 202 Blackfriars Road (2021).
The Daily Mail has an interesting 2004 article about tea tasting at the Wilson, Smithett tea brokers office, Southwark.
Wholesalers of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices, located at 202 Blackfriars Road (2021).
The Daily Mail has an interesting 2004 article about tea tasting at the Wilson, Smithett tea brokers office, Southwark.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Wilson Smithett & Co Ltd
Sir John Lyon House and the Tea Trade {Much of the text on this plaque is a ...
Our picture source, HSomerville provides a thorough history of this area and says "St Saviour's Dock was created in the 13th century by the Cluniac monks of Bermondsey Abbey."
Inventor and businessman. Born Derbyshire. Invented a machine for manufacturing a new type of lace, bobbin net, and went on to manufacture and sell lace. 1815 he bought a mill in Tiverton, moved th...
Records show Rodney's Head pub was at 4 Old Street in 1851. In 1876 this was rebuilt as shown in this drawing which is pretty much as we see it today. By 1895 it was known as Old Rodney's Head a...
Dealer in birds and wildlife generally. Born Johann Christian Carl Jamrach in either Hamburg or Memel (depending on source). He moved to London and became an importer, breeder, and exporter of anim...
Businessman and politician. He was a coal importer and commission merchant in Gracechurch Street. When the first London County Council elections were held in 1889, he became one of four councillors...