At London Sideways we learn that in 1237 the City of London, short of water, were granted a piece of land beside the Tyburn River so that they could lay conduits to carry water to the City. This lasted until the 18th century when the arrival of the New River meant that the City no longer needed the Tyburn waters. We don't understand why the City came all this way when the River Fleet, for example was closer.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Marylebone conduit
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Thomas Wall
Sausage entrepreneur and philanthropist. Born at 113 Jermyn Street (2022 this is occupied by Rowley's Steak Restaurant). In 1870 he was made a partner in his father's sausage making business and wi...
Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...
Leadenhall Market
The meat and fish Market first occupied a series of courts, behind the grand lead-roofed city mansion of Nevill House on Leadenhall Street, in the 14th Century. As early as 1321 it was an establis...
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PC Alfred Smith plaque
EC1, Central Street, 43-45
PC Alfred Smith, 1880 - 1917, was killed at this site saving factory workers during a WW1 air raid, 13 June 1917. London Borough of Islin...
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
London borough formed by the London Government Act of 1963. The constituent parts were almost all of the Municipal Borough of Barking and the greater part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham.
Elizabeth Rusbridge (Gibbs)
Secretary and vice-president of the Old Greys' Association and pupil at the Grey Coat Hospital, 1933 - 1940. We take Gibbs to be her maiden name.
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