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Columbia Market
In 1852, the area Novia Scotia Gardens being a notorious slum, Angela Burdett-Coutts bought it with the intention of developing healthy accommodation for the poor and a market for their use. Howeve...
Bull and Mouth Inn
A coaching inn. From British History: "Burnt in the {1666 Great} Fire and rebuilt. Rebuilt about 1830-1 as the Queen's Hotel. Demolished 1887. The inn is said to have derived its name from the sign...
Worshipful Company of Butchers
From the Butchers' website: "Five of our seven Halls were burned down including destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The fourth Hall, in Pudding Lane, was subject to a compulsory purch...
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.
O'Neill's
Chain of Irish themed public houses. The first was opened in Aberdeeen and there are currently (2013) forty-nine outlets.
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