Person    | Male  Born 13/1/1846  Died 1920

Albert E. Reed

Categories: Commerce, Religion

 Paper manufacturer and Weslian preacher. Born Devon. Established a newsprint manufacturing company in Kent in 1894.  By 1965 this had grown to be the Reed Group and in 1993 it merged to become Reed Elsivier. Died Woking.

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Albert E. Reed

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Leysian Mission - Reed

{Either side of a cartouche/shield:} Mission founded 1887 Buildings erected 1...

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First Waitrose

First Waitrose

See Waitrose for some information.

Event, Commerce

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Grodzinski's bakery

Grodzinski's bakery

In 1890 (previously thought to have been 1888) Harris and Judith Grodzinski arrived in the East End from what is now Belarus.  Starting in a street stall they then set up a bakery at 31 Fieldgate S...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Abbey National plc

Abbey National plc

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...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
John Kemp Starley

John Kemp Starley

Inventor and industrialist, who sold the first recognizably modern bicycle. Starley went into business with William Sutton, with the intention of producing bicycles that were safe and easy to use. ...

Person, Commerce, Engineering

1 memorial
Vanguard

Vanguard

Vanguard Storage Services Ltd is a privately owned and family run business. Vanguard was formed in August 1964 to provide Industrial Moving and Storage services. The company's founder has collected...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial