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Bank of England

Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England.

The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slaves.  In the early 1770s a merchant company defaulted on loans made by the Bank, and so the Bank became the owner of two plantations in Grenada along with the slaves there held. In 1790 the Bank sold the plantations to James Baillie, who shortly after became MP for Horsham. The article quotes a historian making the point that most UK financial institutions operating at that time would have had some involvement in the slave trade.

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Cornhill pump

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Moxhay's Hall of Commerce in Threadneedle Street

Moxhay's Hall of Commerce in Threadneedle Street

From British History: The Hall of Commerce, existing some years ago in Threadneedle Street, was begun in 1830 by Mr. Edward Moxhay, a speculative biscuit-baker, on the site of the old French church...

Building, Commerce, Property

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C. Foster

C. Foster

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

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

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A. Dashwood

A. Dashwood

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
May Fair

May Fair

The annual 15 day May Fair used to be held at the Haymarket but in 1686 it moved to the site of Curzon Street and Shepherd Market. About 100 years later it was suppressed by the local residents, ...

Event, Commerce

1 memorial
Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg

Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg

We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.

Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Russia

1 memorial