The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh. Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.
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William Strahan
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Aldersgate Flame
{On the west face:} Wednesday May 24 1738 "What occurred .......law of sin an...
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Sun Fire Office
Founded in London, now the oldest existing insurance company in the world.
1 memorial
Sun Public House
This pub was destroyed in a WW2 air raid shortly before closing time on 25th September 1940. The plaque says that 20 people were killed; Pubwiki puts the number at 16. The site stood empty for many...
1 memorial
Marks and Spencer
Retail group specialising in clothing and food, founded by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer. There are currently over 700 branches in the U.K. and more than 300 spread over thirty other countries.
2 memorials
3 memorials
1 memorial
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Pete Curran
Politician and trade unionist. Born Patrick Francis Curran in Glasgow, becoming known as Pete from an early age. He moved to London where he co-founded the the National Union of Gasworkers and Gene...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Clothworkers Company
Their Hall, next to All Hallows Staining, was destroyed in the Great Fire.
3 memorials
Carmen Isobel Henrietta Aguirre
Carmen Isobel Henrietta Aguirre was born in 1899 in Anerley, Kent (now Greater London), the eldest of the three children of Enrique Blas Aguirre (1866-1926) and Henrietta Emma Aguirre née Rogers (1...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Civil Engineer, born Hacqueville, Normandy, France. Educated in France, but forced to flee to the United States after publicly predicting the demise of Robespierre. He submitted a design for the Ca...
6 memorials
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