At 101 Queen Victoria Street 1668 - 1785, according to the plaque but strangely the Salvation Army's account of the history of the site of their offices doesn't mention it. In 1785 the lease on the Hall was given up and the Company effectively wound up, since it was proving impossible to maintain control over blacksmithery as a profession. Their website says: "In recent years a new movement has arisen".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Blacksmiths' Hall
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Other Subjects
Worshipful Company of Poulters
From The Poulters Charter: In 1727 John Newman left his property in Budge Row to the Poulters Company who, we believe, always used it to generate income rather than for their own purposes. The Pou...
2 memorials
Upholders' Hall
Destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt. 'Upholder' is an archaic word for 'Upholsterer'.
1 memorial
The Worshipful Company of Loriners
Loriners make and sell bits, bridles, spurs, stirrups, saddle trees and the minor metal items of a horse's harness. The company was incorporated in 1711. Women were not admitted until 1989 - bette...
2 memorials
Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass
The Guild of Glaziers (who made glass) existed in 1328 and received a Royal Charter from Charles I in 1638.
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Innholders
Taverns and alehouses provided drink and possibly food, whereas inns also provided bed and board for you and your horses. Innholders received their first charter from Henry VIII in 1514
1 memorial
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1 memorial
John Butler Yeats
Artist. Born in Tullyish, County Down. Father of William Butler and John 'Jack' Butler Yeats. He had a short-lived careeer as a lawyer, before turning to painting. He specialised in portraiture, an...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Holman Hunt
Painter and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His intended middle name was ‘Hobman’ (his mother’s maiden name) which he disliked. Discovering that it had been misspelled as ‘Holman’ at ...
2 memorials
Christ Church Spitalfields - alterations
E1, Commercial Street, Christ Church Spitalfields - porch
"Entensive" seems to be a portmanteau (mash-up) of "extensive" and "intensive".
4 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
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