First built in 1431, destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666, rebuilt in 1681, and again destroyed by enemy action in 1940.
The picture shows the pillared portico of the old Girdlers' Hall, 1830.
Girdlers are, unsurprisingly, makers of belts and girdles.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Girdlers' Hall
Girdlers Hall Girdlers Hall, first built on this site in 1431, was destroyed...
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Captain Harry Robert Sauvé Pulman was born on 23 May 1867 and his birth was regis...
The company has been in existence from at least 1271, and received its royal charter in 1477. In common with most other livery companies, it no longer has a role as an association of tradesmen and ...
At 101 Queen Victoria Street 1668 - 1785, according to the plaque but strangely the Salvation Army's account of the history of the site of their offices doesn't mention it. In 1785 the lease on the...
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 ...
Discussing St Mary Magdelene (Ridgeway/Windmill Hill) British History Online gives: "The adjacent vicarage, in 1974 no longer used for the purpose, was designed by Butterfield, while the church hal...
Sculptor based in Chelsea. Born Dalston. Served in WW1. Other work in London includes: Africa House Kingsway and the Burlington Arcade.
Former Emperor of Ethiopia. Born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael. He led a revolution in 1916 and became regent and heir to the throne, to which he succeeded in 1930. 1935 - 6, following Italy's invasi...
From the research published by the Seven Dials Trust: "Zaehnsdorfs was founded in London in 1841 by Joseh Zaehnsdorf. In 1862 he received an honourable mention at the London International Exhibitio...
Satirical artist and illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like 'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) and 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his ...
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