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Bearman's Department Store

Opened by Frank Bearman on the site of a former vicarage. By 1906 he had purchased a nearby furniture shop, and in 1910 opened an arcade to match the larger department stores in London. It claimed ...

Building, Commerce

Barber Beaumont

Army officer, painter, philanthropist. Born John Thomas Barber and in 1812 for no known reason, he added the name of Beaumont. He specialised in historical and portrait miniatures, and displayed at...

Person, Armed Forces, Art, Commerce

Gilbert Becket

French mercer and father of Thomas Becket.

Person, Commerce, Friend / family, France

Bedford Tavern

Famous for the balloon ascents from its Tea Gardens. Also the Bedford Music Hall. Demolished in the lat 1960s, a pillar of the building remains, on Camden High Street, at the south of the junction ...

Place, Commerce, Food & Drink

Sinclair Beecham

Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Julian Metcalfe, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London.

Person, Commerce

W. Beeson & Sons

Trader at Covent Garden Market at its original site.

Group, Commerce

The Bell, Carter Lane

From this inn, on 25 October 1598, Richard Quiney wrote a letter to William Shakespeare. This letter, the only one addressed to Shakespeare that has survived, is held by the museum at Strafford. Th...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

Benetfink & Co

From Regent Antiques: "Described themselves as ‘furnishing ironmongers’ and had large premises on Cheapside in London from 1845 to 1907. They sold a very large range of metalware items for the home...

Group, Commerce

Beresford Square

A market square in Woolwich. It was formed in the early 19th century and named after General William Beresford, Master-General of the Ordnance and Governor of the Royal Military Academy. Our pictur...

Place, Commerce, Property

Berkshire Securities Limited

Group, Commerce