A savings bank launched by Barber Beaumont in 1806. We think this went on to become part of Friends Provident.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Provident Life Office
Commemorated ati
Barber Beaumont - vault stone
Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978...
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Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg
We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.
Rose and Crown pub
The photo shows the pub in 1977, with the Rectory next door, both remarkably unchanged. Website.
Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE
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Edward Orme
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