The earliest record for the Fan Makers Company is in 1670 when they raised a petition to Parliament complaining about the threat to their industry from foreign imports. The Fan Makers' Hall in Red Cross Street was used from 1710 until it was destroyed in WW2 on 29th December 1940. The picture source website gives a history.
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Fan Makers' Company Hall
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Fan makers
The Fan Makers' Company met in their Common Hall in Red Cross Street to adopt...
Huguenot fan makers
This plaque may correctly show where fan makers settled but their Hall was so...
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Ivor Innes
Illustrator and carver, from Cornwall. His wife, Elsie, wrote a book, 'The Elfin Oak of Kensington Gardens' in 1930.
1 memorial
William Caslon IV
In 1816 produced the first sans-serif printing type. Great grandson of William Caslon I.
1 memorial
Mr Chew
'The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and other parts adjacent, Volume 5' names a 'Mr Chew' as the caster or sculptor of the Cumberland statue.
1 memorial
Rupert Harris Metalwork Conservation
In 2000 the team included: Rupert Harris, Martin Rodda, Andy Coupe, Jasper Lyon, Matthew Macdonald, Petrina Stroud, Tove Hirth, Jane Knight, Melvyn Rodda, Wil Roberts.
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Plumbers
Ordinances 1365, Grant of Arms 1588. The Plumbers' Hall used to stand in Chequer Yard, where Cannon Street station now stands. The first hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt, it co...
4 memorials
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Edward W. Godwin
Architect-designer. Born Edward William Godwin in Bristol and moved to London about 1862. Widowed in 1865 he had an affair 1868-74 with Ellen Terry, married to, but separated from, G. F. Watts at t...
1 memorial
American Society of Civil Engineers
Founded to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Based in Reston, Virginia, it is probably the oldest national engineering society in the United States.
1 memorial
Thomas Faryner and his shop
Born 1615-6, Thomas Faryner (or Farriner) joined the Baker's Company in 1637, and by 1649 had his own bakery/shop/home on Pudding Lane. It seems that someone failed properly to extinguish a fire in...
3 memorials
1 memorial
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