A drinking fountain was erected in Aldersgate Street in 1878 in memory of Robert Besley. It was removed 1934.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Besley drinking fountain
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Besley drinking fountain removed
This plaque surely should have been designed with the Clarendon typeface, jus...
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Aldermanbury water conduit
Erected under the will of Sir W. Eastfield. Destroyed in the Great Fire but rebuilt. Finally removed in the 18th century. 2023: A London Inheritance has a very informative post, with photos of t...
1 memorial
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another...
2 memorials
Pasqua Rosee's Head
First London coffee house, opened by Pasqua Rosée. The Telegraph produced a good article about coffee houses in London.
1 memorial
Mazawattee Tea Warehouse
This site was originally occupied by housing, St Katharine's Rents. In 1864 the builder George Myers erected this warehouse to store merchandise for the Plymouth Densham family business. It was alw...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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John Law Baker
Of the Madras Army. Misty's flickr page has some useful information. It pointed us to National Archives which corroborated our guess that our JLB is the father of Lawrence James Baker, English stoc...
1 memorial
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