Building    From 1281  To 1737

Stocks Market

Categories: Commerce

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

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...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial
World Trade Centre, London - St Katherine Docks

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...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial
St Saviour’s Dock

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."

Place, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
Mont Blanc restaurant

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...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Akram Miknas

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.

Person, Commerce, Bahrain, Lebanon

1 memorial

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Essex Street & Essex Hall

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.

10 subjects commemorated
East Street Market

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, ...

Place, Commerce

1 memorial
City of Manchester Heritage

City of Manchester Heritage

We can find no trace of this on-line.

Group, History

1 memorial
Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

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...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Comic Heritage

Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

29 memorials