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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The George Pub, Fleet Street
Founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Current building is late Victorian.
1 memorial
Fountains Abbey pub
Sir Alexander Fleming was a loyal regular. Legend says that it was mould spores from this ale house which blew through Fleming’s window, leading him to the discovery of Penicillin in 1928. The Fo...
1 memorial
Warwick Farm Dairies
Retail group run by the Welford and Sons family. Founded by Richard Welford who opened his first dairy shop at 4 Warwick Place. It became the largest milk retailers in the capital, with customers i...
2 memorials
Saracen's Head Inn
Mentioned in 1522 as an inn with 30 beds and stalls for four horses. Removed (as shown in the picture) for the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its approaches 1868.
1 memorial
Samuel Whitbread
Brewer and member of parliament. Born at Cardington, near Bedford. He set up a small brewery in London in 1742. He amassed a large fortune and invested heavily in property. M.P.for Bedford in 1768....
1 memorial
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Christ Church, Lambeth
The photo, c.1910, shows the complex of buildings. Damaged in WW2 the church was demolished sometime before 1958, all but the tall Lincoln Tower.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Catherine Booth
Evangelist. Born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She married fellow methodist William Booth in 1855, and they embarked on a preaching tour of the country. Returning to London in 1864, t...
3 memorials
Carlton Mansions Housing Co-Operative
A long-running squat. News of evictions prompted some interviews with residents. In 2013 Brixton Blog reported: "Many are professional artists; others work in jobs ranging from retail to community ...
2 memorials
Michael Mackintosh Foot
Politician and journalist. Born Plymouth. Leader of the Labour party 1980-1983. Married to feminist film-maker and author, Jill Craigie (1911-1999), who appears with him in our picture. His Wikipe...
3 memorials
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