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Abbey National plc

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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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John Reynolds Roberts

John Reynolds Roberts

Shopkeeper and philanthropist. Born Camberwell. Aged 17 he and his brother Thomas, left their home in Newington Green and began work in London as errand boys in a drapers. In 1870 he opened a store...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy

2 memorials
Covent Garden Jubilee Market Hall

Covent Garden Jubilee Market Hall

The original Jubilee Market, to the left of this Jubilee Market Hall, was erected in 1904. 

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
J. T. Pedder

J. T. Pedder

John Thomas Pedder was born in 1823 in Romford, Essex, the second of the eighteen children of Daniel Pedder (1799-1876) and Mary Ann Pedder née Dunnings (1801-1869). His father was a leather currie...

Person, Commerce

2 memorials
T. Knowles

T. Knowles

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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High Court of Chancery

High Court of Chancery

Originally in offices in Chancery Lane, the six clerks of the King's High Court of Chancery moved into No 10 Stone Buildings when it was built for them in 1774 The six clerks were abolished in 184...

Group, Law

1 memorial
Wong Kei Restaurant - Willy Clarkson

Wong Kei Restaurant - Willy Clarkson

W1, Wardour Street, 41

The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Greenwich roundels - St Vincent

Greenwich roundels - St Vincent

SE10, King William Walk, Discover Greenwich (Royal Naval College, Pepys Building)

The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...

1 subject commemorated
A. Watkins

A. Watkins

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
F. A. Harris

F. A. Harris

Church Warden of of St Alban, Wood Street in 1865.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial