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Worshipful Company of Bakers

Charter granted by King Henry VII in 1486. The City's second oldest guild. (Weavers is the answer to your question.)

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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...

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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, ...

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Marylebone conduit

Marylebone conduit

At London Sideways we learn that in 1237 the City of London, short of water, were granted a piece of land beside the Tyburn River so that they could lay conduits to carry water to the City. This l...

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1 memorial
Jolly Sailor Inn

Jolly Sailor Inn

Claimed to be the first public building in South Norwood. When it opened there was little else here except for brickworks and farmland.

Place, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Adelphi Theatre Restaurant

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...

Building, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Frost Fairs

Frost Fairs

There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...

Event, Commerce, Food & Drink, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery

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Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

3 memorials

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S. G. Purkis

S. G. Purkis

St Marylebone Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1965.

Person, Engineering

1 memorial