In 1476 the Tallow Chandlers bought what was probably a merchant’s house on Dowgate Hill and used that as their Hall. The Hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt 1671-3. Damaged in WW2 but survived. Our picture shows the inner court in 1852.
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Tallow Chandlers Hall
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Tallow Chandlers Hall
Tallow Chandlers Hall The Company has occupied this site since 1476.
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Mercers' Company
Records go back to 1348. From the Guild‘s website: "In its widest sense mercery could describe all merchandise, although in London the term evolved to mean the trade specifically in luxury fabrics,...
4 memorials
Building of Fellowship Porters Hall
Waymarking says this "It was the home of the Fellowship Porters who, towards the end of their existence as a Company, seem to have transacted their business at 22 Beer Lane. They were formed of tw...
1 memorial
Sir Christopher John Benson, OAM, DL, FRICS
Serial Chairman. Chair of the Soho Housing Association in 1990. In view of the number of companies and groups that he's run, we're pretty sure we've got the right man. He was born on 20 July 1933 ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Liveries & Guilds, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
William Edward Davy
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Captain William Edward Davy was born on 7 September 1892 at 39 Russell Road, Kens...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cooks' Hall
Cooks' Hall was built circa 1500, escaped the Great Fire and was rebuilt and enlarged 1674. In 1764 a fire partially destroyed the Hall which was again rebuilt but it was totally destroyed by fire...
2 memorials
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