Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, 1660-1663. The post office was receiving complaints about late arrival of the post. Bishop claimed: 'a stamp is invented, that is putt upon every letter shewing the day of the moneth that every letter comes to this office, so that no letter Carryer may dare to detayne a letter from post to post; which, before, was usual.' As we now know, this did not actually solve the problem, just provided more evidence that the problem existed.
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General Letter Office
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...
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John Morley
Manufacturer with premises in Nottingham and a warehouse and offices in London. Father of Samuel Morley. Our Picture Source gives much information about his life and confirms that he was born in ...
1 memorial
Rupert D‘Oyly Carte
Son of Helen and Richard D‘Oyly Carte. Chairman of the company 1901 - 1948 - through both World Wars. Father of Bridget. Wodehouse supposedly based Psmith, one of his characters, on Rupert, or p...
1 memorial
The King's Road
It derives its name from the fact that It was King Charles II’s private road to Kew and wasn’t opened to the general public until 1830. Mary Quant opened her shop ‘Bazaar’ here in 1955. Along with ...
1 memorial
Sir Ambrose Heal
Furniture designer and retailer. Born at Crouch End. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art before joining the family firm which ran the Heal & Son department store. He designed the simple, st...
3 memorials
Junius S. Morgan
International banker. In business with George Peabody. Father of J. P. Morgan.
1 memorial
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