From Louis Zettersten: WORCESTER WHARF – Here stood in the 15th century Worcester House, belonging to the Earls of Worcester, but Stow records that the palace was "now divided into many tenements."
In the late 16th and early 17th Century the Fruiterers' Company had their hall in this house. Probably lost in the Great Fire. It is the building to the right in the engraving.
Not to be confused with Worcester House - Strand.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worcester House - City
The plaque doesn't mention Fruiterers Passage but we believe the unveiling of...
First recorded in 1375 as the Guild of St. James, Garlickhythe, the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers was granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1571. 'Ceilers' work in wood so this is ...
Seven years after they received their first charter from Henry VIII in 1514, the Innholders are recorded as occupying a hall on the present site, beneath which lie the foundations of a Roman quay. ...
Serial Chairman. Chair of the Soho Housing Association in 1990. In view of the number of companies and groups that he's run, we're pretty sure we've got the right man. He was born on 20 July 1933 ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Liveries & Guilds, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
John Fettes was born on 24 February 1871 at 5 Warner Street, Southwark, Surrey (now Greater London), the second of the seven children of James Thomson Fettes (1843-1916) and Elizabeth Morrison Fett...
Prime Minister 1916–1922. Born in Manchester to Welsh parents who returned to Wales that same year, where he was brought up. From 1923 until at least 1936 he supported Nazi Germany, admiring Hitl...
Led the modern development of Burtons Menswear, and was a generous benefactor of the Jewish Museum in London and the University of York. Identical twin to Arnold - see there for a photo of the 4 B...
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