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Sir John Lyon

Sir John Lyon

Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5.

He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.

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Sir John Lyon

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Tea industry - the City

Sir John Lyon House and the Tea Trade {Much of the text on this plaque is a ...

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Edward Orme

Edward Orme

Engraver, painter and publisher of illustrated books, and property developer in Bayswater. Born Manchester. c.1800-24 he published and sold many books of aquatints and etchings, in his own shops in...

Person, Art, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Property

1 memorial
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
Imperial Hotel, Russell Square

Imperial Hotel, Russell Square

Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll.  The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

22 memorials
Jonathan Tyers

Jonathan Tyers

Born on Bermondsey Street. Initially worked in his family's wool, skin and fur business. In 1729 he acquired the lease for what would become Vauxhall Gardens and transformed it into a successful, f...

Person, Commerce

1 memorial
Francis Chappell & Sons

Francis Chappell & Sons

Funeral directors in South London and Kent. Formerly a family firm, now owned by Dignity.

Group, Commerce

2 memorials

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Women’s Transport Service (FANY)

Women’s Transport Service (FANY)

All-women unit, affiliated to the TA, formed as the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and active in both nursing and intelligence work during WW1 and WW2.  The original role was to ride horseback (hence "...

Group, Armed Forces, Espionage, Medicine

1 memorial
Julian Huxley

Julian Huxley

NW3, Pond Street, 31

Possibly the loveliest plaque in London, though it has strong competition from Sir Edward Elgar and Sophie Fedorovitch.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Dame Laura Knight

Dame Laura Knight

Painter. Born Derbyshire with the surname Johnson.  Met her future husband Harold at Nottingham Art School, though they did not become romantically involved until 1894, after they had both left, an...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Hatch End Station

Hatch End Station

A former station named 'Pinner' was opened nearby in about 1844, and renamed 'Pinner and Hatch End' in 1897. The present station was originally served by the London and North West Railway, and in 1...

Place, Transport

1 memorial