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East India Company

East India Company

Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
East India Company

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Ashleigh and India Houses

Ashleigh & India Houses, 1848. Houses for professors of the East India Co...

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George Sparkes memorial

{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...

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Morden College

The 'carved brick motif' is at the very top of the redbrick part of the terra...

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Tea trade - St Katharine Docks

The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
East India Company

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Cornhill pump

We understand "the neighbouring fire officers" to mean the four fire assuranc...

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Prince Lee Boo's tomb

A plaque inside St Mary's church also commemorates the prince. October 2014:...

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Other Subjects

Arnold James Burton

Arnold James Burton

See Burtons.  The picture shows, left to right: Arnold, Barbara, Stanley, Raymond.

Person, Commerce

2 memorials
The Establishment Club

The Establishment Club

Peter Cook said this was modelled on "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War". Lenny Bruce, Barry Humphries, ...

Group, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Humour

1 memorial
Sir Jack Cohen

Sir Jack Cohen

Businessman. Born Jacob Edward Kohen in Whitechapel. He worked as an apprentice tailor to his father, but after WW1 he became a market stall holder in Hackney. In 1924 he created the Tesco brand us...

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial
Red Lion, Kilburn

Red Lion, Kilburn

Closed Pubs has a good picture of the current building and gives: "The Red Lion was situated at 34 Kilburn High Road. This pub was known as The Westbury at time of closure in 2012. Rebuilt in the l...

Place, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink

1 memorial
T. Blanch & Sons

T. Blanch & Sons

Coach-makers, active in 1898.

Group, Commerce, Craft / Design, Transport

1 memorial