1569-1570 Master of the Clothworkers' Company. Three wives but childless which allowed for his philanthropy. 1564-1577 he financed the rebuilding of the Holborn Conduit which, until its demolition in 1746, supplied water to the City from a spring near what is now Lamb's Conduit Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Lambe
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All Hallows tower and Lambe's Chapel
This is visually just a modern information board but the information is more ...
William Lambe - EC2
{Between two emblems of the Clothworkers' Company:} 8 - 10 Moorgate This land...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
William Lambe
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Lambs Conduit pump
Lambs Conduit the property of the City of London this pump is erected for the...
Other Subjects
Bovril
The trademarked name of a thick, salty meat extract developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnson. It is made in Burton upon Trent and is now (2013) owned and distributed by Unilever UK. The first ...
1 memorial
White Hart Inn
Established in the medieval period and referenced by Shakespeare in 'Henry VI' and by Dickens in 'Pickwick Papers'. Not to be confused with the nearby White Hart at 22 Great Suffolk Street.
1 memorial
Spiers and Pond
This Ruislip website refers to a lost S&P war memorial and gives some historical information, stating "They were well-known wine merchants and railway caterers as well as owning their own resta...
1 memorial
John Kemp-Welch
Say what you like about estate agents, they are sometimes extremely helpful when trying to identify people of property from the past. Courtenays have published some of the history of the Clapham Ab...
1 memorial
Act of Parliament - 1751-2 - licensing
"Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament of the Twenty fifth of King George the Second." This is a form of words that we have found at three 19th century places of entertainment, two physically and...
1 memorial