Entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Born at Rothamsted, Hertfordshire. He founded an experimental farm that eventually became the Rothamsted Experimental Station, and developed a superphosphate that formed the beginnings of the chemical fertiliser industry. In the 1850s he built the village of Creekmouth in Barking, to house the workers in his nearby chemical factory.
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John Bennet Lawes
{Four plaques to the right of the mural:} Creekmouth Heritage Project About ...
Banker, politician and scientific writer. Born at 29 Eaton Place. He went into his father's banking business at the age of 14 and became a partner in 1856. Entered parliament in 1870, and succeeded...
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'. There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
See Joseph Lyons and J. Lyons & Co. The photo is probably c.1930/40s.
Founded Foyles Bookshop in 1903. Born Shoreditch, the 7th child of a 7th child of a 7th child. William and brother Gilbert opened their first bookshop in Islington, moved to Peckham and then Ceci...
The Sunlight Wharf building was constructed 1906 and specialised in storage of furs, silk and tinned fruit. The last working crane on the city waterfront was operated by LEP Transport Ltd at Sunli...
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