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Port of Tilbury, London

Categories: Commerce, Transport

As ships got bigger ports were needed further down the Thames. In 1909 Tilbury Port became part of the Port of London Authority.

Situated just upstream from Tilbury Fort.

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Port of Tilbury, London

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Culloden prisoners

This granite stone was recovered from Culloden Moor, site of the battle. We v...

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Leslie Sydney Marler

Leslie Sydney Marler

High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire 1971-72. Chairman of Marler Estates plc. Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Major Leslie Sydney Marler, O.B.E., T.D. was born on 7 July 1900 in Northwood...

Person, Commerce

1 memorial
M. & W. Mack Ltd

M. & W. Mack Ltd

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg

Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg

We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.

Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Russia

1 memorial
Italo Svevo

Italo Svevo

Businessman and author. Born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary) as Aron Ettore Schmitz. The pseudonym translates as 'Swabian Italian', but as the only definitions of Swabian relate to places...

Person, Commerce, Literature, Austria, Hungary, Italy

1 memorial
Doubleday's grocery shop

Doubleday's grocery shop

Doubleday's father was a grocer and following his death Doubleday managed the business, not very well, apparently. This Facebook page has a 1975 photo of the building with the plaque, 271 High Stre...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial