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Plaque

Widening Long Acre

Erection date: 1835

Inscription

Eight feet of ground from the stone of this house were given by the Mercers' Company in the year 1835 for the purpose of widening the entrance of Long Acre.

Site: Widening Long Acre (1 memorial)

WC2, Long Acre, 78

Eight feet of ground from the stone of this house were given by the Mercers' Company in the year 1835 for the purpose of widening the entrance of Long Acre.

A have a 1985 photo of the lovely chemist shop then occupying these premises.

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Widening Long Acre

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Mercers' Company

Records go back to 1348. From the Guild‘s website: "In its widest sense merce...

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