Group    From 1860  To 2012

Killby & Gayford

Categories: Property

Group

This company, reportedly 150 years old, had remodelled No 10 Downing Street and refurbished the Wallace Collection art gallery, but collapsed with massive debts in 2012.

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Killby & Gayford

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Shoreditch town hall extension

A report in the London North Middlesex Standard And Tottenham And Wood Green ...

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St Matthias Church House

The names on this plaque are difficult to read so take our transcription as t...

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Other Subjects

Pelham / Hobson's Place

Pelham / Hobson's Place

Our map of 1837 shows a street called Pelham Street. Possibly this became Pelham Place and then Hobson's Place before being built over by the Greater London Council in 1966.

Place, Property

1 memorial
Robert Horner

Robert Horner

Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market.  Came from Essex, worked in the market and managed to buy the lease in 1875.  Forced to sell to the City of London in 1920.

Person, Commerce, Property

2 memorials
Recycling the nations' railings - WW2

Recycling the nations' railings - WW2

As WW2 wore on, there was an increasing need for metal to make bombs, planes and tanks. To this end, the gates and railings around parks and open spaces were reclaimed as part of the war effort. Li...

Event, Architecture, Property

2 memorials
Leathermarket JMB

Leathermarket JMB

Leathemarket JMB is Southwark’s largest resident-managed housing organisation. managing 1500 homes in Borough and Bermondsey between London Bridge and Tower Bridge.

Group, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Portman Estate

Portman Estate

Wikipedia has a very useful map showing "Estate (freehold) ownership of land in Central London as of 2023". The Portman Estate is shown in yellow.

Group, Property

3 memorials