From their website (the picture source): "founded in 1856 by three liberal MPs as a mechanism for expanding the field of voters eligible to elect Members of Parliament". We don't understand but since all records were lost in WW2 we probably never will. Now it is a property company.
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British Land
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Gilt of Cain - Slave trade
This sculpture, 'Gilt of Cain', was unveiled by Bishop Tutu in commemoration ...
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First Synagogue in Hackney
British History Online gives the following information: 'Benjamin Mendes da Costa and Jacob de Moses Franco were among the first members of the Jewish Board of Deputies in 1760, when every member o...
1 memorial
Holloway Brothers
A major construction firm with its own Wikipedia page. Henry Thomas Holloway and Henry Holloway based in Battersea. Later other brothers joined. Our picture shows a house they built in 6 days insid...
3 memorials
Bowman's Lodge
An elegant house with views across countryside. Edward Lear's stockbroker father held the lease 1806 - 1829 so Edward lived here until he was 16. With two storeys and five bays it was not a parti...
1 memorial
Holland House
The house, built in 1605 for Sir Walter Cope, was originally surrounded by a large estate. By the time it was bought by Henry Fox, first Baron Holland, in 1768 it still extended westwards as far as...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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Historic Croydon Airport Trust
From their website: The Historic Croydon Airport Trust was founded in 1978 as the Croydon Airport Society. It set out to conserve the history and heritage of London Croydon Airport, Britain’s first...
2 memorials
Whittington's house
Whittington had a number of addresses in London: Hart Street, Mark Lane, Sweedon’s Passage, Grub Street (now Milton Street) and a house in (now) College Hill. This last was a significant purchase ...
1 memorial
British Motor Cab Company
Former public transport company, about which we can discover virtually nothing. Its premises appear in an old photo "Pickets outside the British Motor Cab Company's Garage" but the location is no...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Barbara Jessie Burton
Born Sheffield. See Arnold for a photo of the 4 Burton children and details of this family.
1 memorial
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