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.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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John Bennet Lawes
{Four plaques to the right of the mural:} Creekmouth Heritage Project About ...
The phrase on the plaque "World Trade Centre, London" is new to us, so we investigated. A World Trade Center (also World Trade Centre or WTC) is a building or complex of buildings used for the pro...
Established in Bristol, the company promotes the alternative energy sources of solar and wind power.
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...
First London coffee house, opened by Pasqua Rosée.  The Telegraph produced a good article about coffee houses in London.
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