Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street, first set up his press by Shoe Lane near this Hall circa 1500.
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front or back of all books to identify the printer. Not sure we would describe Shoe Lane as being "near this Hall".
EC4, Stationers’ Hall Court
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Wynkyn de Worde
Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption...
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Wynkyn de Worde
Initially a Guild of Stationers - booksellers who copied, decorated and sold ...
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Wynkyn de Worde
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
Here lived Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, from 1839 - 1873.
Harold Abrahams, 1899 - 1978, Olympic athlete, lived here. English Heritage
According to ever-informative The Library Time Machine, Stoker "... the house of Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, not to mention the L...
Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London County Council
The building, named Cannon Hall, was Daphne du Maurier's childhood home. This house and garden are the location for the denouement in th...
Baptised in Horton 17 December 1833 daughter of William Wlllson Yeates. See there for information about her family. Buried in St Michaels churchyard Horton,2 January 1835.
Friese-Greene lived here 1888-91 and a plaque was erected in 1954 - it can be seen in the photo, beside the door. In 1997, despite local ...
The quotation is from the Song of Solomon, either chapter 2:17 or 4:6.
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. May 2018: Gallaher’s second 2nd great-grandson, Craig Gallaher, has generously provided the following information, and the photo (c.1890): Ja...
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