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Worshipful Company of Bakers

Charter granted by King Henry VII in 1486. The City's second oldest guild. (Weavers is the answer to your question.)

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Worshipful Company of Bakers

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Boy and panyer

This naked boy sitting on his pannier (basket) is thought to refer to the bak...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Worshipful Company of Bakers

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Faryner's shop

Near this site stood the shop belonging to Thomas Faryner, the King's baker, ...

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Clayhall Tea House

Clayhall Tea House

A popular place of refreshment in the 18th century, in what was then an out of London village. Samuel Pepys records in his diary that he visited Bow, and had eaten a memorable dish of cherries and ...

Building, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Edmund Halsey

Edmund Halsey

Born Hertfordshire, a distant relative of Josiah Child.  Joined the Anchor Brewery as a 'broomstick clerk' and rapidly became Child's son-in-law and partner.  Ran the brewery 1693-1729.  MP for Sou...

Person, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Wheatsheaf pub

Wheatsheaf pub

Public house popular with London's Bohemian set in the 1930s, as were all the pubs in Fitzrovia, and beyond. Customers including George Orwell, Dylan Thomas, Edwin Muir and Humphrey Jennings were k...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

2 memorials
Plough Brewery

Plough Brewery

From Brewery History:  "Thomas Woodward & Son, Plough Brewery, 516 Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, Greater London SW8 3JX Founded 1801 and acquired by Thomas Woodward 1868 and the Plough Brewer...

Building, Food & Drink

2 memorials
T Walton (London) Ltd

T Walton (London) Ltd

Founded by T. Walton. See his page for more details about the shops. Our picture was generously offered to us by Monika Roleff who tells us: "This paper bag is part of the collection of ephemera o...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial