On their declare that they have had in fact only 5 halls, not the excessive 6 stated on the plaque. The last was built in 1909 but suffered bomb damage in WW2, which can be seen in a City of London image. Our picture shows the penultimate hall, designed by Sylvanus Hall in 1788. We can find no information about the preceding three halls except that one was lost in the Great Fire along with many of the Company’s records.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cordwainers' Hall
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Cordwainers' Hall
On this site stood six successive Livery Halls of the Cordwainers' Company fr...
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Robert Lancaster
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Second Lieutenant Robert Lancaster was born in 1880, the third son and the sixth ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cutlers' Hall
The first recorded Hall was on Ironmonger Lane close to the current Mercers' Hall. Â By the early 1400s they were in a building in Cloak Lane. Just before the Great Fire of 1666 the hall was rebuilt...
1 memorial
Worshipful Company of Launderers
Their coat of arms shows two women; one dressed as a Grecian godess, the other in a Victorian style uniform but both engaged in the labour of laundry. Â In contrast the 'about us' page of their webs...
1 memorial
1 memorial
William Edward Davy
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers who died in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Captain William Edward Davy was born on 7 September 1892 at 39 Russell Road, Kens...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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