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Plaque

Thomas Cobden-Sanderson

Erection date: 1974

Inscription

Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1840-1922, founded the Doves Bindery and Doves Press in this house and later lived and died here.
Greater London Council 

Site: Thomas Cobden-Sanderson and The Doves Bindery and Press (2 memorials)

W6, Upper Mall, 15

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Thomas Cobden-Sanderson

Bookbinder and printer. Born Thomas James Sanderson at Alnwick, Northumberlan...

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Doves Bindery

The Doves Press in Hammersmith was founded in 1900 by Thomas Cobden-Sanderson...

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Doves Press

See Doves Bindery.  Our picture shows the only remaining piece of the Doves t...

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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Doves Bindery and Press

Doves Bindery and Press

Initially (ha-ha) we were puzzled by the letters at the bottom of this plaque...

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