Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
East India Company
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Ashleigh and India Houses
Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Co...
George Sparkes memorial
{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...
Tea trade - St Katharine Docks
The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
East India Company
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Cornhill pump
We understand "the neighbouring fire officers" to mean the four fire assuranc...
Prince Lee Boo's tomb
A plaque inside St Mary's church also commemorates the prince. October 2014:...
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Pimlico District Heating Undertaking
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1 memorial
Joseph Salter
Salter was auditor to the Vestry of St Pancras and gave College Gardens to the Vestry in his will. From the estate agent, Salter Rex's website: Salter Rex was founded in 1854 by Joseph Salter. He s...
1 memorial
Kops Brewery
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1 memorial
Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE
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1 memorial
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SW13, Queen's Ride
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1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
West Norwood war memorial - WW1 names
SE27, Norwood High Street, 13
In our photo the railing replacement plaque can just be seen on the low wall to the left of the steps. The Memorial Garden plaque is on t...
War dead | WW1
318 subjects commemorated
318 subjects commemorated
James Baldwin Brown
Born 10, Harcourt Buildings, in the Inner Temple, to a barrister father with the same name. Congregational minister. 1846 elected as pastor at Claylands Chapel. 1870/1 Brown took most of his congre...
1 memorial
Brunel's Engine House
The engine house was designed by Marc Brunel to be part of the infrastructure of his Thames tunnel. It held steam-powered pumps used to extract water from the excavations. Since 1961 the building h...
1 memorial
Stone Bomb Anti-war Monument
IG8, High Road
Airplanes were used in WW1 but there was strong opposition to aerial bombing. The British argued in favour, needing to use the tactic on ...
1 subject commemorated,
6 creators
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