1292 - first reference to ‘Free Fruiterers’. First charter in 1606. Their shield shows Adam and Eve with that first piece of fruit.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
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Worcester House
The plaque doesn't mention Fruiterers Passage but we believe the unveiling of...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
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Covent Garden Market
Large bronze relief "Fruit Porter Bronze", unveiled October 2006 by Mayor of ...
Fruiterers' Hall & Alley
{To the left of the Fruiterers Company crest:} On 19th January 2000 the Rt Ho...
Millennium tree - EC1
This flowering Malus tree "John Downie" was planted on the 19th January 2000 ...
Worcester House
The plaque doesn't mention Fruiterers Passage but we believe the unveiling of...
Other Subjects
Fountain Tavern
Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...
Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration
William Kiffin
Non-conformist minister. Born in London. Became rich in the wool trade. Died in London. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
Bagnigge House
The house was built on the site of the, supposedly holy, Bagnigge Wells (mineral springs) in 1678. Nell Gwynne was supposed to have lived in this house. The picture shows the house c. 1790. In th...
Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE
Theatre manager. Born Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Grand-daughter of Richard D'Oyly Carte. Became her father's heir at the age of 24 on the death of her brother in a motoring accident. She took an a...
Italo Svevo
Businessman and author. Born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary) as Aron Ettore Schmitz. The pseudonym translates as 'Swabian Italian', but as the only definitions of Swabian relate to places...