Group    From 1720 

Ridley & Moulding

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

Sir Francis Crossley

Carpet manufacturer, politician and philanthropist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. He worked at his father's massive carpet factory before entering parliament in 1852. He erected twenty-one almshouses...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

Theodore H. Bryant

Co-owner and director of the Bryant and May match factory.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

drovers trail via Hackney

The route to Bishopsgate can still be seen clearly on a current map, wending its way fairly directly via roads and footpaths from Mare Street Narroway down to Virginia Road which, prior redevelopme...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink, Transport

Tim Fook Tang

Person, Commerce, China/Hong Kong