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, ...
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Clayhall Tea House
A popular place of refreshment in the 18th century, in what was then an out of London village. Samuel Pepys records in his diary that he visited Bow, and had eaten a memorable dish of cherries and ...
Copenhagen House & Fields
Copenhagen House was a famous tavern & tea-garden which stood in what is now Copenhagen Park, N7, from early 17th century until 1855. The name either comes from the King of Denmark who stayed i...
Place, Architecture, Commerce, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration, Denmark
Smithfield Poultry Market
The original poultry market by Horace Jones was opened in 1875 but destroyed by fire in 1958. Our page for that fire has an image of the original building. The new building has a concrete elliptic...
The Three Cripples public house
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
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Lord Delfont of Stepney
Impresario and Companion Water Rat. Brother of Lord Lew Grade. The photo shows Delfont (on right) with Neil Diamond.
Sir Herbert Baker
Architect. Born and brought up in Kent, trained as an architect in London. 1892 went to South Africa where he gained many important commissions. During a brief return to Britain in 1904 he married....
Harvey Hinds
SE5, Burgess Park, Chumleigh Gardens
Chumleigh Gardens is a delightful, hidden away, gem. In our photo, the Hinds and Chumleigh plaques are either side of the white door, le...
CI - 2 - Eleanor
EC3, Cornhill, 32
We can't find proof that her route was as specified: from Queen Hithe (at the river, just east of Southwark Bridge) to St Michael’s Churc...