Building    From 1878  To 1934

Besley drinking fountain

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Building

A drinking fountain was erected in Aldersgate Street in 1878 in memory of Robert Besley. It was removed 1934.

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Besley drinking fountain

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Besley drinking fountain removed

This plaque surely should have been designed with the Clarendon typeface, jus...

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Fountains Abbey pub

Fountains Abbey pub

Sir Alexander Fleming was a loyal regular. Legend says that it was mould spores from this ale house which blew through Fleming’s window, leading him to the discovery of Penicillin in 1928.   The Fo...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
The Three Cripples public house

The Three Cripples public house

Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".

Fiction, Commerce, Fictional, Food & Drink

1 memorial
White Hart Inn

White Hart Inn

Established in the medieval period and referenced by Shakespeare in 'Henry VI' and by Dickens in 'Pickwick Papers'.  Not to be confused with the nearby White Hart at 22 Great Suffolk Street.

Building, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Literature

1 memorial
Michael John Powell

Michael John Powell

Michael John Powell was born on 28 June 1951. He was a former Smithfield Market worker who was known to his friends as Micky Powell. On 20 November 1971 he married Stephanie M. Raynsford (b.1951) ...

Person, Food & Drink

1 memorial
National British Women's Temperance Association

National British Women's Temperance Association

Incorporated June 1896. We can't find any information about this organisation but think the NBWTA possibly mutated into the BWTA.

Group, Food & Drink, Religion

1 memorial