In 1835 founded C.A. Robinson & Co.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Charles Robinson
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Anchor Iron Wharf - history
{On the base of the monument:} Anchor Iron Wharf In 964 King Edgar granted th...
C. A. Robinson Foundation Stone
C. A. Robinson & Co. This stone was laid by C. A. Robinson Esq. A. C. Rob...
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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...
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Enfield Market
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Samuel Palmer
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1 memorial
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2 memorials
Sir John MacDougall
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William Samuel Abbs
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Queen Eleanor of Provence
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Henry Laurens
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