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Port of London Authority

Categories: Commerce

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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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District Bank

District Bank

Founded as Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. Name shortened to District Bank in 1924. 1962 acquired by the National Provincial Bank but traded separately until the 1968 merger with Westminste...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Barber Beaumont

Barber Beaumont

Army officer, painter, philanthropist. Born John Thomas Barber and in 1812 for no known reason, he added the name of Beaumont. He specialised in historical and portrait miniatures, and displayed at...

Person, Armed Forces, Art, Commerce

3 memorials
D'Oyly Carte family

D'Oyly Carte family

Richard D'Oyly Carte founded the business. Married Helen. Their son Rupert inherited the business and passed it on to his daughter, Bridget.

Group, Commerce, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
J. Lyons & Co.

J. Lyons & Co.

2019: We read the splendid Legacy by Thomas Harding published by Heinemann, a history of the family that built the J. Lyons empire. Below are our notes from that reading (augmented by the Oxford Ho...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

4 memorials
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