First London coffee house, opened by Pasqua Rosée. The Telegraph produced a good article about coffee houses in London.
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Pasqua Rosee's Head
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Pasqua Rosee's Head
This probably isn't a City of London plaque - though blue and oblong, the pro...
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Thomas. J. Barratt
Businessman and historian. Born 25 Tottenham Place. 1864 joined A & F Pears as a bookkeeper and then married F. Pears's eldest daughter the next year. Historian of Hampstead, author of the 3...
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1st Baronet)
MP, brewer, slave abolitionist and social reformer. Born Essex. Entered the Brick Lane brewery Truman, Hanbury & Company in 1808, eventually taking on sole ownership. 1807 married Hannah Gurney...
3 memorials
Sinclair Beecham
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Julian Metcalfe, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London.
1 memorial
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1 memorial
Octavia Hill
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really). She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare
9 memorials
Lord Kelvin
Mathematical physicist and engineer. Born Belfast. His family moved to Glasgow when he was aged 11. Worked in thermodynamics and on the transatlantic cable. 1st Baron Kelvin. Died Largs Ayrshire.
5 memorials
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