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...
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Hillier Nurseries
A family owned company with a tradition in professional horticulture. The largest grower of trees (both field and container grown), in the UK and one of the largest in Europe.
original HMV store
Londonist writes: "The building was destroyed on Boxing Day 1937 and reopened in 1939. HMV's flagship store moved (slightly) to 150 Oxford Street, but the old address was reacquired in 2013, and re...
Coppice Row turnpike
We can't see this turnpike on a map of 1790. View from the Mirror has a good general post on London turnpikes.
Rawthmell's Coffee House
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W. H. Fowler
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
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Samuel Morley
Born Well Street Hackney into a Nottingham family of wool/hosiery manufacturers and merchants. His father John, had come to London to set up an outlet for their products. Samuel went into the famil...
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King George III
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West India Docks
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