Records go back to 1348. From the Guild‘s website: "In its widest sense mercery could describe all merchandise, although in London the term evolved to mean the trade specifically in luxury fabrics, such as silk, linen, hemp-cloth and fustian, and in a large variety of miscellaneous 'piece goods' such as bedding, headwear, ribbons, laces and purses."
At Queen's Theatre you can see a Mercers' maiden. This is the symbol of the Mercers' Company and was used to mark their property. It can be seen on various buildings across London. Richard R gives more information.
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Coburg Dwellings
Coburg Dwellings This block was built by the Mercers Company in 1904. It was ...
Mercers’ Maiden
Discovering London suggests that this might be the oldest inscription in London.
Widening Long Acre
Eight feet of ground from the stone of this house were given by the Mercers' ...
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Bridge of Aspiration
{Beneath the crest of the Royal Ballet School:} The Bridge of Aspiration, the...
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Brown Lenox & Co
Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain. Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806. The West Ferry Road ...
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Sycamore Laundry
It began as a business run by a Mrs. Buckland, who was said to have collected laundry in a barrow and washed and ironed it at home. In l880, Alexander Leman, married Mrs Buckland's daughter, and he...
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C. Foster
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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Augustus Pitt-Rivers
Army officer, anthropologist and archaeologist. Born as Augustus Henry Lane Fox at Hope Hall, Bramham, Yorkshire. He changed his name to Pitt-Rivers on inheriting the estates of his cousin Horace P...
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Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu
Montagu and Charles Cholmondely conceived the idea behind Operation Mincemeat and carried it out. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu was a British judge, Naval intelligence officer and author. Born into a...
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Choice FM
Started broadcasting from studios in Trinity Gardens (where the plaque is) in 1990. Co-founded by Patrick Berry and Neil Kenlock, Choice was Britain’s first 24-hour black music radio station with ...
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Roman Camp - N7
There is little evidence to support the existence of this camp. So, rather cheekily, we've categorised it as "Fictional".
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Southwark Council
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey. Southwark council annually invites proposals for new plaques fro...
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