In the 19th century there was an extensive general market for butchers' meat and provisions, in a part of Somers Town, called the Brill. It was described as an "imposing palace of gin and bitters". Note Brill Place still exists.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Brill
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Somers Town Mural
This mural was commissioned by the GLC in 1980 and moved to this site by St P...
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Brown Lenox & Co
Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain. Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806. The West Ferry Road ...
1 memorial
Sebastian Earl
We really don't know if the Sebastian Earl who unveiled the stone at the Hornsey YMCA is the rowing businessman with the same name but the dates look right and it's an unusual name. Our colleague, ...
1 memorial
Sir Jack Cohen
Businessman. Born Jacob Edward Kohen in Whitechapel. He worked as an apprentice tailor to his father, but after WW1 he became a market stall holder in Hackney. In 1924 he created the Tesco brand us...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Thomas Baring
Banker and politician, grandson of the bank founder Sir Francis. Born Lee, near Lewisham, Kent. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Died at Fontmell Lodge, Bournemouth.
1 memorial
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