Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.
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East India Company
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Ashleigh and India Houses
Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Co...
George Sparkes memorial
{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...
Tea trade - St Katharine Docks
The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...
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East India Company
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Cornhill pump
We understand "the neighbouring fire officers" to mean the four fire assuranc...
Prince Lee Boo's tomb
A plaque inside St Mary's church also commemorates the prince. October 2014:...
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Thomas Earnshaw
Born Ashton under Lyme, Lancashire. Maker of watches and chronometers. Lived and worked mainly in London and Greenwich. He seems to have been a bitter man with whom it was unpleasant to do business...
1 memorial
Abney Park Cemetery Company
Set up to run the Abney Park cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park), this company also ran the Chingford Mount cemetery. It went into administration in the 1970s.
1 memorial
Thomas Davies
The bookseller and author who, in 1763, introduced Dr Samuel Johnson to James Boswell at his house in Russell Street. He took to bookselling after failing as an actor.
1 memorial
Bernard Sunley
Property developer and philanthropist. Born 46 Jugela Street, Catford. Made his fortune in the re-building work after WW2. Died at home, 26 Harley Road, Hampstead. This was the only picture we cou...
2 memorials
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Westminster City Council
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
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