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Abbey National plc

Categories: Commerce

Since 1927 Abbey head office had occupied the site where 221b Baker Street would be, Sherlock Holmes' address. In 2002 Abbey moved to new premises in Triton Square. See 221b for information about the Holmes display that Abbey used to house.

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Abbey National plc

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Sherlock Holmes statue

{On the plinth - front:} The great detective. {On the plinth - left:} This...

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Old Spitalfields Market

Old Spitalfields Market

1638 King Charles I gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields. The market lapsed during the Commonwealth but it was re-founded in 1682 by King Charles II. The existing ...

Building, Commerce

3 memorials
Luigi Manze

Luigi Manze

Member of the eel, pie and mash shop family.

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Hayward Brothers ironmongery

Hayward Brothers ironmongery

The picture shows the original shop sign in situ - the camera position provides quite a surreal image.  From Glassian, the picture source: “The sign … which stood above the corner shop at Number 23...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Bedford Tavern

Bedford Tavern

Famous for the balloon ascents from its Tea Gardens.

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Bazaar, Kings Road

Bazaar, Kings Road

The first Bazaar boutique was opened by Mary Quant at 138a Kings Road, in 1955. More information and photos at our Image Source, the magnificent Another Nickel in the Machine. Quant opened a second...

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design

1 memorial

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Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler

Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler

Sculptor. Born Staffordshire. Early rheumatic fever made him unfit for active service in 1914 so he served on the home front casting and moulding false limbs for amputees. Died at home in Mayfield,...

Person, Sculpture

7 memorials
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

TW20, Cooper's Hill Lane

The poem was apparently written soon after the memorial was completed.  Photo of the engraving. The “ML, 7 April 1952” is probably the f...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
Leyton Town Hall (second)

Leyton Town Hall (second)

There are two adjacent buildings on High Road Leyton, both of which have served as the Town Hall. The first was the yellow brick building on the corner with Ruckholt Road. When this was outgrown th...

Building, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Knight

John Knight

Architect. We only have some ideas about who this might be, from Charles Saumarez Smith. In 1862 he may be the J. McKenzie Knight who designed the lovely Vestry Hall in Bancroft Road E1, and is now...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial