Entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. Born at Rothamsted, Hertfordshire. He founded an experimental farm that eventually became the Rothamsted Experimental Station, and developed a superphosphate that formed the beginnings of the chemical fertiliser industry. In the 1850s he built the village of Creekmouth in Barking, to house the workers in his nearby chemical factory.
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John Bennet Lawes
{Four plaques to the right of the mural:} Creekmouth Heritage Project About ...
A company which provides workspace throughout the Lee Valley and which helps small and medium sized enterprises to prosper and grow.
Designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll. Â The picture was taken in 1913 after the completion of the extension, which is the section on the left, to the north (2017: we now think the 'extension' was into t...
Branch of the Co-op supermarkets, first built in 1912.
Publisher and newspaper distributor and Lord Mayor of London, 1918–19. 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead. Born Streatham, son of Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, whose business he joined.  His daughter ma...
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