In 1855 Richard Jordan opened a pawnbrokers in Church Street. This developed into Jordan’s department store which operated in enlarged premises until the 1970s when the business failed. In 1976 the shop reopened as Alfies Antique Market.
Online sources give 1885 as the year that Richard Jordan opened his pawnbroker business, but that's possibly the year that it became a department store.
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Jordan's department store
1855: Richard Jordan opened a pawnbroker’s, which became Jordan’s Department ...
Diamond miners and traders. Although the company was founded by Cecil Rhodes, the name is derived from two Dutch brothers, Diederik Arnoldus and Johannes Nicolaas De Beer.Â
Born Sheffield. See Arnold for a photo of the 4 Burton children and details of this family.
Dutch merchant and jeweller to the king. Benefactor of Latymer School. Edith Streets, discussing Linden House in Upper Mall, writes: "This is used as a sailing and rowing clubhouse, owned by the L...
We cannot discover who or what Lenthal(l) is/was but apparently it Works.
Mentioned in 1522 as an inn with 30 beds and stalls for four horses. Removed (as shown in the picture) for the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its approaches 1868.
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