Swan Wharf & Swan Inn
In the 19th century Swan Wharf was the site of a brewery and public house 'Swan Inn', destroyed by fire in 1871. The image, an 1878 photo by William Reid, shows the tower of All Saints behind. Th...
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Tabard Inn
Set up by an abbot from Winchester to give his brethren somewhere to stay in London and to provide accomodation to pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, in particular Chaucer's pilgrims, who set off...
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Tata Consumer Products
From their website: "Tata Consumer was formed with a vision to synergise, simplify and scale the principal consumer products interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella Today, we are one of the ...
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Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...
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Thames Water
When this authority was formed it took over responsibility for water supply from a number of other bodies including the Metropolitan Water Board.
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everyone at The Cricketers
The Cricketers, 18 Northwold Road. If the picture source is anything to go by this pub (renamed Jan's) was struggling in 2009.
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The Throgmorton Restaurant
In 1897 J. Lyons and Co. secured an 80 year lease on this site from the Worshipful Company of Drapers and built the restaurant in the basement with offices above. The restaurant opened in 1900 and ...
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Henry Thrale
Born 1724/1730, son of Ralph. Wealthy by dint of inheriting the Anchor Brewery which he ran 1758-81. MP for Southwark 1765 - 1780. Married Hester - see there for their life together and friendship ...
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Ralph Thrale
Son of Anne Thrale, sister of Edmund Halsey who took him into his brewery business, the Anchor Brewery. Thrale.com tells this interesting story: "When Ralph took a wife in the early 1720's, he cho...
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The Three Cripples public house
Pub in Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist".
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