Group    From 1892 

J. P. Knight Group Ltd

Categories: Commerce

Founded by the son of J. P. Knight.

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J. P. Knight Group Ltd

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Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights

City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's fi...

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Pimlico District Heating Undertaking

Pimlico District Heating Undertaking

The first district heating system built in the UK, with the UK's largest thermal store, the accumulator. It supplies heat to 3,256 homes, 50 business premises and three schools. Owned and managed b...

Group, Commerce, Engineering, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Albert E. Reed

Albert E. Reed

 Paper manufacturer and Weslian preacher.  Born Devon.  Established a newsprint manufacturing company in Kent in 1894.  By 1965 this had grown to be the Reed Group and in 1993 it merged to become R...

Person, Commerce, Religion

1 memorial
John Pierpont Morgan

John Pierpont Morgan

International banker and philanthropist. Inherited a fortune from his father Junius S. Morgan and then made so much more that his wealth was only exceeded by John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Italy, USA

1 memorial
Grodzinski's bakery

Grodzinski's bakery

In 1890 (previously thought to have been 1888) Harris and Judith Grodzinski arrived in the East End from what is now Belarus.  Starting in a street stall they then set up a bakery at 31 Fieldgate S...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society

Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society

Retailer. Originally established as the Royal Arsenal Supply Association, by twenty workers from the Royal Arsenal. It was renamed in 1872, and expanded from just being a food retailer, into a vast...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

4 memorials