Entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Born at Rothamsted, Hertfordshire. He founded an experimental farm that eventually became the Rothamsted Experimental Station, and developed a superphosphate that formed the beginnings of the chemical fertiliser industry. In the 1850s he built the village of Creekmouth in Barking, to house the workers in his nearby chemical factory.
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John Bennet Lawes
{Four plaques to the right of the mural:} Creekmouth Heritage Project About ...
There has been a market in Greenwich since the fourteenth century. The buildings surrounding the current market are Grade 2 listed and were built from 1827 to 1833. The market is open from Wednesda...
Westminster office of the penny post and then the two-penny post. The first office of the penny post in London that ran in a dedicated building rather than within a stationer or other business. T...
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A business closely associated with Croydon Airport.
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Richard D'Oyly Carte founded the business. Married Helen. Their son Rupert inherited the business and passed it on to his daughter, Bridget.
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We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
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