A luxury department store on Brompton Road.
Initially established by Charles Henry Harrod at 228 Borough High Street. Moved into a small shop at the current address in 1849, and expanded rapidly. Destroyed by fire in 1883 and rebuilt. 1898 England's first escalator was installed. The store was acquired by House of Fraser in 1959, which in turn was purchased by the Fayed brothers in 1985. Mohamed Al-Fayed was chairman. Sold to Qatar Holdings in 2010.
Sugar broker. Born Carl Julius Caesar Czarnikow in Sondershausen, Germany. He came to Britain in 1854, and established his sugar brokerage firm, C. Czarnikow, in 1862, which by the time of his deat...
SKDocks gives a brief introduction to the history of the area. A London Inheritance have done their usual thorough job with lots of images. In the 1976 film To the Devil a Daughter Richard Widmark...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
Founded by Scottish goldsmith, John Campbell, who set up shop at the sign of the Three Crowns on the Strand. In 1755 James Coutts married John Campbell’s granddaughter and the Bank became known as ...
The Golden Boy was originally attached to the front of this public-house and remains to mark the site. From 'The Italian Boy' by Sarah Wise we learnt that this pub was originally called The Naked ...
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