Designed by J. B. Bunning and opened in 1849 in Lower Thames Street, demolished in 1963. Our examines all the interesting buildings on this section of Lower Thames Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
City of London Coal Exchange
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city boundary dragons
A second 1849 cast-iron heraldic dragon rears up on the other side of the bus...
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Baring Bros & Co Ltd
Bank. Founded as the John and Francis Baring Company. Despite surviving the Great Depression and two world wars, it was brought down due to unauthorized trading by its head derivatives trader Nick ...
1 memorial
Sir Polydore de Keyser
Born Belgium. The family moved to London in 1842 and his father established De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the site of what is now Unilever House. The son joined the business and the hotel became the l...
Person, Commerce, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Belgium
1 memorial
Harry Selfridge
Born Wisconsin. Too small to join the navy he became a clerk in a department store, where he rose to manager and then set out on his own. Very successful, he "retired" in 1906, moved to London and ...
2 memorials
William Alfred Westropp Foyle
Founded Foyles Bookshop in 1903.  Born Shoreditch, the 7th child of a 7th child of a 7th child.  William and brother Gilbert opened their first bookshop in Islington, moved to Peckham and then Ceci...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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