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...
John Butterworth. Master of the Worshipful Company of Founders in 2015. John Leonard Damian Butterworth was born in October 1951,the eldest of the three children of Gerald Leonard Butterworth (192...
Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.
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.
1292 - first reference to ‘Free Fruiterers’. First charter in 1606. Their shield shows Adam and Eve with that first piece of fruit.
Destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt. 'Upholder' is an archaic word for 'Upholsterer'.
The ever-useful Underground Map gives "Kilburn Bridge once marked the spot where the Edgware Road crossed the River Westbourne. Kilburn Bridge, which was recorded in 1398 and thought to have been b...
Records are sparse but it seems Mason owned a shop in St James's Market and in 1734 was appointed as porter at "His Majesty's Royal Palace of Somerset House". See William Fortnum for a few more wor...
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