A savings bank launched by Barber Beaumont in 1806. We think this went on to become part of Friends Provident.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Provident Life Office
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Barber Beaumont - vault stone
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978...
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C. Byford
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
1 memorial
Temple Mills
A district on the boundaries of Newham and Waltham Forest. The name derives from the water mills which straddled the River Lea. Medieval Hackney was largely rural and crops were grown that needed ...
1 memorial
Lloyds TSB Group
In 1765 John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd set up a private banking business in Birmingham. In 1810, the Reverend Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, set up a bank to help his poorest parishioners...
1 memorial
First pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness
The Tipperary pub, Fleet Street, was the first pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness and later draft.
1 memorial
Pope’s Head Tavern
From British History: "...'Pope's Head', mentioned as early as the reign of Edward IV. Here, in the reign of Henry VI., wine was sold at a penny a pint, without charge for bread."
1 memorial
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Dr Samuel Johnson
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, Staffordshire. Left home and travelled to London with David Garrick. "When a man is tired of London he is tired of life; f...
15 memorials
Arctic Campaign Memorial Trust
First registered as a UK charity in 1990. Founder and Chair R. J. Wren. Activities given: "Creates memorials on behalf of Arctic (WWII) campaign veterans which includes "living memorials"."
1 memorial
Jireh Chapel, Hanbury Street
A group of Baptists moved into the building 1845/1846 and occupied it, with its new name, but by 1852 they had disbanded.
1 memorial
John William Waterhouse
Painter. Born Rome. A late-comer to the Pre-Raphaelite style, his subject matter was often Arthurian legend or Greek mythology. Died at his home in Hall Road.
1 memorial
Harriet Mary Margaret Hall (née Knipe)
Eldest daughter of Edward Knipe, of Water Newton, Huntingdonshire. Married Newman Hall (as his second wife) on 29 March 1880, with no issue.
1 memorial
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