We did not find the website of terribly helpful whereas is far more informative and with reference to the GLO says: "Charles II appointed Henry Bishop as the first Postmaster General who established the General Letter Office. All the post went to London, where clerks calculated the charge to be paid by the recipient".
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General Letter Office
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General Letter Office
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...
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David Greig
A chain of grocery shops across north London. Faded London have more details and some photos of a splendid shop in Atlantic Road SW9.
Robert Horner
Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market. Â Came from Essex, worked in the market and managed to buy the lease in 1875. Â Forced to sell to the City of London in 1920.
Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'.  There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
W. F. D. Smith, Lord Hambleden
On his father's death in 1891 he became head of the family firm of W.H. Smith and Son and also took over as MP for the Strand Division, until 1910. Chairman of King's College Hospital. Became 2nd V...
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