Group    From 1806 

Provident Life Office

Categories: Commerce

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A savings bank launched by Barber Beaumont in 1806. We think this went on to become part of Friends Provident.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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Provident Life Office

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Barber Beaumont - vault stone

Our transcription of this long inscription was aided by the typed Winter 1978...

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Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Swedish Chamber of Commerce

The subject of a London Chamber was first discussed in early 1906, when a number of meetings regarding the arrangement of a Swedish exhibition, led to the establishment of the Swedish Chamber of Co...

Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Sweden

1 memorial
Jones's butcher's shop

Jones's butcher's shop

Family business that survived until the 1970s. This photograph was taken in 1932.

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Swan Wharf & Swan Inn

Swan Wharf & Swan Inn

In the 19th century Swan Wharf was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn', destroyed by fire in 1871. The image, an 1878 photo by William Reid, shows the tower of All Saints behind. Th...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Ibstock Building Products Ltd

Ibstock Building Products Ltd

From their website: "... clay and concrete building products, building the face of Britain for over 200 years."

Group, Commerce, Property

1 memorial

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Mary, Duchess of Montagu

Mary, Duchess of Montagu

Daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She married John Montagu in 1705.

Person, Other

1 memorial
Abney Park Cemetery Company

Abney Park Cemetery Company

Set up to run the Abney Park cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park), this company also ran the Chingford Mount cemetery. It went into administration in the 1970s. 

Group, Commerce, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Australian War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

SW1, Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner

Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall carved all over with the 24,000 names of the hometowns of the...

3 subjects commemorated, 6 creators