Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market. Came from Essex, worked in the market and managed to buy the lease in 1875. Forced to sell to the City of London in 1920.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Horner
Commemorated ati
Spitalfields Market - Horner - finished
Odd use of English, using the passive to force the subject to be the market r...
Spitalfields Market - Horner - started
The date is almost lost in the foliage, bottom right.
Other Subjects
Sandra Esquilant
Landlady of the Golden Heart pub since 1978 and, in 2002, voted into 80th place in a list of the 100 most powerful figures in contemporary art. See the Telegraph for more.
1 memorial
London Hydraulic Power Company
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1 memorial
Hugh Mason
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1 memorial
Longman's Ship Binding Works
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1 memorial
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William Booth
Founded the Salvation Army. Born Nottingham. Came to London in 1849 to find better paid work and became a travelling lay preacher for the Methodists. Married Catherine Mumford in 1855. With his...
6 memorials
Walter Scrimgeour
Extremely rich stockbroker. He bought Parkfield from his brother-in-law, Alan Block, when his own home at nearby no. 6 The Grove became too small for his eight children. He then bought the neighbou...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Private John Lynn, VC
Soldier. Born in Forest Hill, London. On 2nd May, 1915 near Ypres, the enemy was advancing behind a wave of poison gas. In spite of being almost overcome by the fumes, he turned his machine-gun aga...
1 memorial
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