Zoroastrianism
Also known as Mazdayasna, it Is one the world's oldest religions, with its roots possibly stretching back to the second millennium B.C. Zoroastra is the Greek name for Zarathustra. Adherents believ...
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Levant Company
Trading company. Its initial charter was approved in 1581 by Queen Elizabeth I when the Venice Company and the Turkey Company merged, their charters having expired. The company remained in continuo...
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Beneke family
In the 19th century Camberwell housed one of the largest German communities in Britain. One of the families was the Benekes, related to Mendelssohn's wife Cecile. Johann Beneke had come from Hambu...
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Pat and Andy Timmons
We found a funeral notice that we think is for Pat: "The obituary notice of Patricia TIMMONS Ealing, Published in: Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette. Patricia TIMMONS passed away on 20th April 20...
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Wright’s Dairy - Chelsea
Founded in 1796 by a Mr Wright, whose son, W. H. Wright carried on the business. It started in a part of Chelsea known at the time as Cook’s Ground, which by the time of this 1865 map had been redu...
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LCC Weights and Measures Office
If someone has already created the definitive study of the LCC Weights and Measures, we have not found it. But we have found photos of 4 buildings built for this function, three still standing. R...
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Halifax Bank
Originally founded as the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society. In 1928 it merged with the Halifax Equitable Building Society and was renamed as the Halifax Building Society. I...
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Sobell Foundation
From Sobel Foundation: "The Sobell Foundation was established by the late Sir Michael Sobell in 1977 for general charitable purposes and is a grant-making trust with which he was actively involved ...
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