Charter granted by King Henry VII in 1486. The City's second oldest guild. (Weavers is the answer to your question.)
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Company of Bakers
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Boy and panyer
This naked boy sitting on his pannier (basket) is thought to refer to the bak...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Worshipful Company of Bakers
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Faryner's shop
Near this site stood the shop belonging to Thomas Faryner, the King's baker, ...
Other Subjects
Julian Metcalfe
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Sinclair Beecham, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London. Also founded the itsu chain of Asian-inspired restaurants.
Adelphi Theatre Restaurant
Grade II Listed. In 1878 Agostino and Stefano Gatti bought the Adelphi Theatre lease and the adjacent building then called the Marble Halls. In the building next to the theatre Spencer Chadwick d...
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...
The Bell, Carter Lane
From this inn, on 25 October 1598, Richard Quiney wrote a letter to William Shakespeare. This letter, the only one addressed to Shakespeare that has survived, is held by the museum at Strafford. Th...
route to market via Hackney
The route to Bishopsgate can still be seen clearly on a current map, wending its way fairly directly via roads and footpaths from Mare Street Narrowway down to Virginia Road which, prior redevelopm...