The Stocks Market was where fishmongers and butchers sold their victuals. It took its name from a pair of stocks erected there in 1281 for the punishment of offenders. In 1738 the Mansion House was built on the site.
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Stocks Market
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Stocks Market
Adjoining this spot stood the Stocks Market, 1282 - 1737. Corporation of the...
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Sunlight Wharf
The Sunlight Wharf building was constructed 1906 and specialised in storage of furs, silk and tinned fruit. The last working crane on the city waterfront was operated by LEP Transport Ltd at Sunli...
World Trade Centre, London - St Katherine Docks
The phrase on the plaque "World Trade Centre, London" is new to us, so we investigated. A World Trade Center (also World Trade Centre or WTC) is a building or complex of buildings used for the pro...
St Saviour’s Dock
Our picture source, HSomerville provides a thorough history of this area and says "St Saviour's Dock was created in the 13th century by the Cluniac monks of Bermondsey Abbey."
Mont Blanc restaurant
Opened sometime early in the 20th century by Alphonse Pasquier. Edward Garnett (1868-1937), an English writer and critic, fostered the careers of many literary figures by hosting weekly Tuesday lit...
Akram Miknas
Born in the Lebanon. Resident in Bahrain. Founder and CEO of the Promoseven Network. He's on Facebook and has an on-line museum.
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Essex Street & Essex Hall
WC2, Essex Street, Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected here, at Essex Hall in 1964.
East Street Market
There has been street trading in this area since the sixteenth century. The current market specialises in African and Caribbean fruit and vegetables and household goods. East Street was, possibly, ...
Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief
The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jew...
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
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