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Abbey National plc

Categories: Commerce

Since 1927 Abbey head office had occupied the site where 221b Baker Street would be, Sherlock Holmes' address. In 2002 Abbey moved to new premises in Triton Square. See 221b for information about the Holmes display that Abbey used to house.

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Abbey National plc

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Sherlock Holmes statue

{On the plinth - front:} The great detective. {On the plinth - left:} This...

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Mangrove Restaurant

Mangrove Restaurant

At 8 All Saints Road, Notting Hill.  Created and owned for 24 years by Crichlow.  It was a centre for political and social activism within the African and Caribbean culture.  Visitors included: Jim...

Place, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Race Issues

1 memorial
John Kemp Starley

John Kemp Starley

Inventor and industrialist, who sold the first recognizably modern bicycle. Starley went into business with William Sutton, with the intention of producing bicycles that were safe and easy to use. ...

Person, Commerce, Engineering

1 memorial
East Street Market

East Street Market

There has been street trading in this area since the sixteenth century. The current market specialises in African and Caribbean fruit and vegetables and household goods. East Street was, possibly, ...

Place, Commerce

1 memorial
Port of Tilbury, London

Port of Tilbury, London

As ships got bigger ports were needed further down the Thames.  In 1909 Tilbury Port became part of the Port of London Authority. Situated just upstream from Tilbury Fort.

Group, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial

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St Pancras at Gloucester Gate Bridge

St Pancras at Gloucester Gate Bridge

NW1, Parkway

There are two identical bronze panels, the other being at the south-west corner of this bridge structure. There used to be an arm of the ...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Herbert Asquith - W1

Herbert Asquith - W1

W1, Cavendish Square, 20, Royal College of Nursing

From an information board in the square: "Lord Asquith, who is better known as Mr Asquith, lived on the west side of Cavendish Square at ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir John Cass Foundation, Aldgate - east corner

Sir John Cass Foundation, Aldgate - east corner

EC3, Aldgate, Primary School

This building now houses the Junior school of the Foundation established by Sir John Cass. Previously the Sir John Cass's Foundation Prim...

1 subject commemorated
John Heath-Stubbs

John Heath-Stubbs

W2, Artesian Road, 22

John Heath-Stubbs OBE, 1918 - 2006, poet, lived here. City of Westminster Friends of John Heath-Stubbs 

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Friday

Friday

Character in the novel Robinson Crusoe. In the picture Friday is grovelling to Crusoe.

Fiction, Fictional

1 memorial