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A. Bell Booksellers

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On 1 September 1773 A. Bell Booksellers published a volume of poems by Phillis Wheatley. At this time book publishers and sellers were often the same people.

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A. Bell Booksellers

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Phillis Wheatley

On this site in September 1773, A. Bell Booksellers published a volume of poe...

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John Gordon Crawford

John Gordon Crawford

A wealthy, early member of the Burns Club of London (founded 1868). Undiscovered Dundee by Brian King informs: "... retired Glasgow merchant, who had lived in London for many years, had met the cos...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce

1 memorial
National Provident Institution

National Provident Institution

In 1835 two men, who had been successful with the Friends Provident Institution, selling life assurance only to Quakers, formed the less choosy National Provident Institution, opening for business ...

Group, Commerce

2 memorials
Doves Bindery

Doves Bindery

The Doves Press in Hammersmith was founded in 1900 by Thomas Cobden-Sanderson in partnership with Emery Walker and was named after the nearby pub.  Sanderson had already set up The Doves Bindery in...

Place, Commerce, Literature

2 memorials
Boars Head pub

Boars Head pub

2018: Martyn Cornell debunked the text on the pub's plaque and provided the following, more trustworthy information: The pub owner’s name was J. G. Mooney & Co Ltd. based in Dublin, and founde...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Thomas James Clements

Thomas James Clements

1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. a tea broker".

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Western Postal District war memorial - Rathbone Place

Western Postal District war memorial - Rathbone Place

W1, Rathbone Place, Post Office Sorting Office

The plaque does not point out that not all of the WW2 names were in the armed forces when killed: H. F. Phillips had survived his service...

War dead, War served, Civilian war dead | WW1, WW2, Other war
190 subjects commemorated
G. J. Duffield

G. J. Duffield

Limehouse man who died in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Joan Hutchinson
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Robert Baden-Powell

Robert Baden-Powell

Army officer and founder of the boy scouts and girl guides. Born as Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell at 6 Stanhope Street, Paddington. His mother changed the family name to Baden-Powell after her hus...

Person, Armed Forces, Children, Community / Clubs, Seriously Famous, Afghanistan, India, Kenya, South Africa

4 memorials