Turnpike trusts
Turnpike trusts were set up by parliament, with powers to collect tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain. In the 1830s, there were more than 1,000 such trusts, administering about 30,...
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Trinity National School - Rotherhithe
"The school was established by Reverend Edward Blick ... and was in use from 1836 and although it ceased to be used for that purpose in 1910 when a new school opened nearby, the building itself sur...
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Royal Astronomical Society
Formed as the Astronomical Society on 10 March 1820 with Sir William Herschel as the titular first President. The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and p...
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Sisters of Mercy - Bermondsey
The Sisters of Mercy is an Institute of Catholic nuns (not to be confused with the rock group of the same name). Founded in Dublin by Catherine McAuley (1778 -1841), they have established many educ...
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Heidelberg Graphic Equipment Limited
Company producing printing equipment. The Companies House website confirms that this a private limited company that was incorporated on 12 July 1974. Its registered office address (in 2025) is 1 F...
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Barts Guild
There is a good history of the Guild on their history page, which is based on Ann Wickham’s book A Century of Service. We wonder if Ann Wickham, who designed this logo, was John Wickham's wife. Be...
Group, Benefactor, Community / Clubs, Medicine, Social Welfare
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Borough of Mother
The plaques are at the address of Mother, an advertising agency with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Singapore and Berlin.
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London Fever Hospital
The first voluntary fever hospital was the Institution for the Care and Prevention of Contagious Fevers opened in 1802 at 2 Constitution Row. We found this on Greenwood's map. 'Constitution Row' is...
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Eve Group plc
Contractor active in the 1980s. The origin of this company dates back to 8 February 1930 when J.L.Eve Construction was formed by John Leonard Eve (1887-1954). The Wikipedia page for this company ...
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