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Port of London Authority

Categories: Commerce

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Port of London Authority

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King George V Silver Jubilee

The shield (showing the Port of London seal) above the text is surmounted by ...

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Teddington Lock - 1858

We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...

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Virginia Settlers Memorial

This voyage took place 16 years before the Mayflower. The memorial has a his...

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Other Subjects

The Ivy restaurant

The Ivy restaurant

The Ivy, opened by Abele Giandolini, as an unlicensed Italian cafe in 1917 in a building on the same site. Famous as a theatrical-celebrities haunt, possibly due to its late closing time of near-mi...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Henry King Lewis

Henry King Lewis

Founded H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. in 1844 at 136 Gower St. 24 Gower Place added 1907. Incorporated 1915. Found on the web: "H K Lewis & Co Ltd, booksellers. Founded by Henry King Lewis in 1844...

Person, Commerce, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
Alfies Antique Market

Alfies Antique Market

Bennie Gray bought Jordan's department store and founded Alfie's Antique Market, naming it after his father. Alfies Antiques gives the size as 30,000 sq.ft.  The 2016 photo shows that today's (202...

Place, Commerce

1 memorial
Wimbledon Village Association

Wimbledon Village Association

From This is Local London: "A new Wimbledon Village Association had been a major contributor to the scheme and had held its first annual general meeting in October 1963." It's possible that over t...

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
George Odger

George Odger

Shoemaker and trade unionist. Born in Roborough, South Devon. His year of birth on the plaque (1820) contradicts most other sources. He was an itinerant shoemaker for several years before moving to...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Alfred Robert Lawrence
War dead, WW1
1 memorial