London merchant and director of the East India Company. Known as both Josiah and James. Ran the Anchor Brewery 1670 (possibly 1666) -1693. Master of the Brewers Company in 1693.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Josiah Child / James Child
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Anchor Brewery
Site of Anchor Brewery List of brewers: The Monger family 1616-1670 Josiah Ch...
Other Subjects
White Conduit
Originally part of the water supply to the Greyfriars Monastery, Newgate Street. See British History 1 and British History 2 for details. The same water was also used to supply Charterhouse from th...
1 memorial
Hindoostane Coffee House
London's first curry restaurant. Opened and run by Sake Dean Mahomed.
1 memorial
Warwick Farm Dairies
Retail group run by the Welford and Sons family. Founded by Richard Welford who opened his first dairy shop at 4 Warwick Place. It became the largest milk retailers in the capital, with customers i...
2 memorials
Frank Crichlow
Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur. Born Trinidad. Came to England in June 1953. Founded Mangrove Restaurant. Co-founded Mangrove Steel B...
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Station Hotel, Richmond
This 1893 map (extract here) shows the Station Hotel (P.H.) opposite the station but with no building behind. By 1933 this map show the PH building extending all the way back to Parkshot. The Crawd...
1 memorial
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S. L. Swaab
This may not be our Swaab but, from Google books and TIB, we see that in 1864 Trubner published a 56 page book by S. L. Swaab entitled 'Fibrous Substances, indigenous and exotic : Their nature, var...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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