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Hatchards Bookshop

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Claimed to be the oldest bookshop in London.

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Hatchards Bookshop

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Royal Horticultural Society

At Messrs. Hatchard's in a house on this site The Royal Horticultural Society...

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William Harris

William Harris

Butcher, active 1897.

Person, Commerce

2 memorials
Savoy Hotel

Savoy Hotel

Following the success of the Savoy Theatre the hotel was built next door to satisfy the demand for accommodation from the members of the audience. The first London Hotel to have fully plumbed-in ba...

Group, Commerce

9 memorials
scientific life assurance

scientific life assurance

Equitable Life, the world's oldest mutual insurer, started business in 1762 in the parsonage of St Nicholas Acons in Nicholas Lane. It pioneered scientific life assurance by basing premiums on age ...

Concept, Commerce, Science

1 memorial
Thomas Briggs

Thomas Briggs

Banker and murder victim. He was beaten and robbed while he travelled on the 9.50pm train from Fenchurch Street to Chalk Farm. The assailant took his gold watch and gold spectacles, but left £5 in ...

Person, Commerce, Tragedy

1 memorial

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11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment

11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment

The battalion was formed in Lewisham and fought in France and Italy. It was disbanded at the end of the war. The Royal West Kent Regiment had been in existence since 1881. In 1961 it was amalgamate...

Group, Armed Forces, France, Italy

1 memorial
Agnes Arber

Agnes Arber

NW3, Elsworthy Terrace, 9

Agnes Arber, neé Robertson, 1879 - 1960, botanist, lived here 1890 - 1909. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 3 Smith

Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church - 3 Smith

N5, Highbury Quadrant

The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...

1 subject commemorated
Kilburn Wells Spa - wall plaque

Kilburn Wells Spa - wall plaque

NW6, Kilburn High Road, 42

The pale stone is on the building at first floor level. The black stone is in the pavement in front of the building. However, we have to...

1 subject commemorated