One of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. Its origins steeped in the history of the City of London, and the import, regulation and sale of wine.
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Vintners' Company
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CI - 6 - Wine
Pope’s Head Tavern in existence in 1756 belonged to Merchant Taylor’s Company...
The Vintners
Believed to be the first public sculpture in London commissioned by a Livery ...
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Sycamore Laundry
It began as a business run by a Mrs. Buckland, who was said to have collected laundry in a barrow and washed and ironed it at home. In l880, Alexander Leman, married Mrs Buckland's daughter, and he...
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John Reynolds Roberts
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Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE
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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
W. H. Smith
William Henry Smith. Bookseller and politician. The son in "W. H. Smith and Son". He introduced the W. H. Smith stalls at railway stations and the business thrived. Entered politics in 1868. Appo...
1 memorial
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