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.
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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...
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Lambs Conduit pump
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