Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, 1660-1663. The post office was receiving complaints about late arrival of the post. Bishop claimed: 'a stamp is invented, that is putt upon every letter shewing the day of the moneth that every letter comes to this office, so that no letter Carryer may dare to detayne a letter from post to post; which, before, was usual.' As we now know, this did not actually solve the problem, just provided more evidence that the problem existed.
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First postmarks in the world
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General Letter Office
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...
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Courage brewery - Horselydown Lane
Founded by John Courage at the Anchor Brewhouse site. The earliest existing building dates from 1871 and was largely rebuilt in 1894 - 1895. Reconstructed, restored and refurbished in 1985 - 1989....
2 memorials
Lloyds TSB Group
In 1765 John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd set up a private banking business in Birmingham. In 1810, the Reverend Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, set up a bank to help his poorest parishioners...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Highgate's original Gate House
Erected at the entrance to the Bishop of London's Park.
1 memorial
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Sir Archibald McIndoe
Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Pioneering plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II, treating badly burnt aircrew. Appointed C.B.E. in 1944. Knighted 1947. Helped found ...
1 memorial
Charles Pope VC
E1, Sidney Square
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:} Lieutenant Charles Pope, Australian Imperial Force (Western Australia), 15th April 1917.
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton
Born Charles Manners. In 1762 his father added Sutton to the family surname following an inheritance. Archbishop of Canterbury 1805 - 1828. Died at home, Lambeth Palace.
1 memorial
Sir William Crookes
W11, Kensington Park Gardens, 7
Crookes had a private laboratory here made possible with the inheritance from his father. At least some of the seances that he investiga...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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