The Founders' first hall was built in what is still called "Founders' Court" in 1549. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rebuilt. Our picture shows the Hall in 1848, when leased out to The Electric Telegraph Co. In 1853 the Founders moved to St Swithin's Lane. In 1985 - 1987 a new building was erected on yet another site, at the east end of St. Bartholomew the Great in Cloth Fair.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Founders' Hall
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Founders' Hall - Cloth Fair, plaque with crest
Founders Hall, 1 Cloth Fair The Worshipful Company of Founders, Award of Hon...
Founders' Hall - Lothbury
We believe that, for all the livery companies, their Halls should be named wi...
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Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers
The guild was first chartered in 1568. For Tyler, read Tiler not Taylor, and the connection makes sense. The 1666 Great Fire of London initially appeared to be good for the Company due to a Royal ...
Vintners' Company
One of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. Its origins steeped in the history of the City of London, and the import, regulation and sale of wine.
Heriot Baker Roe
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Second Lieutenant Heriot Baker Roe was born on 10 October 1880 in Church Row, Ful...
Stenton Covington
A prominent local resident living in Gibson's Hill, he donated £3,000 towards the establishment of the Rookery in Streatham. He was also involved in saving Norwood Grove for the public. Stenton Th...
Person, Benefactor, Commerce, Gardens / Agriculture, Liveries & Guilds
Merchant Taylors' Company
Originally an association of tailors. Owns the Merchant Taylors' School.
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Lucian Freud, OM, CH
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5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Began as a Volunteer Rifle Corps with the title London Rifle Volunteer Brigade. When the London Regiment was formed in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force, the LRB became the 5th (City of Lo...
Edward Owen Greening
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Jayne Helliwell
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