Spice merchants active in 1862.
Other Subjects
Grove Road Toll Bar
"In use in the 18th and 19th centuries" so the dates we give are very approximate.
Royal Society of Arts
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee House. They carried on meeting in coffee houses and taverns but as the society grew they needed more space. Shipley rented ...
Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE
Theatre manager. Born Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Grand-daughter of Richard D'Oyly Carte. Became her father's heir at the age of 24 on the death of her brother in a motoring accident. She took an a...
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Tyburn Turnpike House
This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.
Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early p...
Joseph Lister
Born in Upton, Essex. Died in Walmer, Kent. Pioneer in the use of antiseptics in surgery. The medical historian, Ruth Richardson, has an interesting piece in the Lancet reporting on how Agnes his w...
men and women of Guy's Hospital who died in WW2
The ninety four men and women of Guy's Hospital who gave their lives during the war of 1939 - 1945.
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