An insurance organisation launched by Barber Beaumont in 1807. Beaumont was the managing director and within 20 years it was the fifth largest fire insurer in Britain.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
County Fire 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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Althorp Lodge
In this building Robert Sadler opened a pub and leisure gardens. In 1853, using the land behind the pub, he opened the Copenhagen Running Grounds. "The ground eventually closed in 1864 following c...
Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Property
Charles Dello Strologo
Strologo gave about 80 bus shelters to Surrey. Researching Strologo we found that someone was ahead of us: John Slatford, who has very kindly allowed us to re-present his findings here: "Charles D...
Carlton Hotel, Haymarket
Designed by C. J. Phipps. The picture is taken from Cockspur Street. The building was badly bombed in 1940. Compare and contrast this ornate building with New Zealand House (1963) which is there now.
William Isaac Palmer
Manufacturer and philanthropist. Member of the Palmer family in the Huntley and Palmer biscuit company. He funded a free library in Reading. In 1876, he purchased Hoxton Hall in Hackney on behalf o...
Pimlico District Heating Undertaking
The first district heating system built in the UK, with the UK's largest thermal store, the accumulator. It supplies heat to 3,256 homes, 50 business premises and three schools. Owned and managed b...
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Anne Georgiana Embrance Richards
Ann Georgiana Embrance Field was born on 1 August 1818 in France, the daughter of James Field (b, circa 1787) and Mary Jane Field née Cheek (1788-1851). On 14 January 1846 she married Frederick Ri...
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