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
Commemorated ati
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
Creations i
Lambs Conduit pump
Lambs Conduit the property of the City of London this pump is erected for the...
Other Subjects
Clerks' well at Clerkenwell
First mentioned in 1174. Closed by about 1850 and effectively lost. Rediscovered in 1924 during building works. We normally find pictures of our subjects out on the web but we just could not find ...
1 memorial
Caledonian Market
Caledonian Cattle Market, built in 1855 by J. B. Bunning, and demolished after WW2. Caledonian Market was held in the area now partly occupied by Caledonian Park, the large area bounded by what ar...
1 memorial
Dolphin pub
We found the building on Google Street View dated 2012 but by 2014 it was gone. From the design of the building and the dolphin relief we'd guess it was built c1930-40. It appears on a 1950 map. T...
1 memorial
Tassaduq Ahmed
Born in Assam. He came to London in 1952, founded the Pakistan Welfare Association, and became a leading organiser of the fledgling Bengali language movement. He set up Desher Dak (Call To Land), t...
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Journalism / Publishing, Indian Sub-continent
1 memorial
Aldermanbury water conduit
Erected under the will of Sir W. Eastfield. Destroyed in the Great Fire but rebuilt. Finally removed in the 18th century. 2023: A London Inheritance has a very informative post, with photos of t...
1 memorial
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them