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Garraways Coffee House

Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another coffee house. Garraways was lost again in another fire in 1748.

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Garraways Coffee House

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CI - 7 - Coffee

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Garraways Coffee House

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All Saints Cemetery

All Saints Cemetery

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Gustavus Loehr

Gustavus Loehr

Mining engineer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Carlinville, Illinois. He moved to Chicago, where he met Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele and Hiram Shorey, and on the 23rd February 19...

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Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland

Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland

Daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Nicknamed "Little Whig" and the subject of one of the famous Kit-Kat Club toasts.

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1 memorial
Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History Society

Ruislip, Northwood & Eastcote Local History Society

A society with the aim to promote the conservation of Ruislip's heritage and to bring the history of the area to life.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
London Cornish Association

London Cornish Association

A non-political, non-sectarian, cultural and social organisation which promotes and fosters fellowship and goodwill among Cornish people in London and elsewhere.

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Russian Orthodox Church - WW1

Russian Orthodox Church - WW1

SW7, Ennismore Gardens, Russian Orthodox Church, 67

These two featured plaques are inside the porch so we had to use flash, hence the slightly odd photos. Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, built...

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