Event    From 21/4/1859 

First drinking fountain

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First drinking fountain

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First drinking fountain

DrinkingFountains gives two pictures from the 'Illustrated London News' of th...

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Angel Corner House Tea Rooms

Angel Corner House Tea Rooms

Wikipedia gives a history of this site from 1603. The current building dates from 1899. Purchased by Lyons in 1921 it operated as the Angel Cafe Restaurant until 1959. It was never classified by Ly...

Place, Cinema, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Jonathan’s Coffee House

Jonathan’s Coffee House

Founded by Jonathan Miles in Exchange Alley around 1680. In 1698 John Castaing posted a list of prices for stocks and commodities. And so traders who were expelled from the Royal Exchange used Jona...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Grapes Tavern

Grapes Tavern

First mentioned in 1842. It occupies the site of the former Christopher Inn. On its northern side it still retains the red brick fronts of several 18th century houses. It has since returned to its ...

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Tata Consumer Products

Tata Consumer Products

From their website: "Tata Consumer was formed with a vision to synergise, simplify and scale the principal consumer products interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella Today, we are one of the ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial

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Toynbee Hall clock

Toynbee Hall clock

E1, Commercial Street, Toynbee Hall

The top plaque claims the 1965 restoration was in appreciation of "the half century", but of what?  We can't find anything relevant to To...

4 subjects commemorated
Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Poet and novelist. Born Robert von Ranke Graves at Red Branch House, Lauriston Road, Wimbledon. Professor of English at Cairo and Professor of Poetry at Oxford. His early poetry included 'Over the ...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Egypt, Spain

1 memorial
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed

Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed

WC2, St Martin's Street, 35, Westminster Reference Library

plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance

13 subjects commemorated
Harmondsworth Vicarage Hall

Harmondsworth Vicarage Hall

UB7, Harmondsworth High Street

The plaque was a foundation stone laid into the wall of the building but it now serves as a memorial to the building which was demolished...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
John Knight

John Knight

Architect. We only have some ideas about who this might be, from Charles Saumarez Smith. In 1862 he may be the J. McKenzie Knight who designed the lovely Vestry Hall in Bancroft Road E1, and is now...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial