See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into being. Puzzled why the Company should have been so involved in rebuilding after war damage we found the explanation at . The company acquired property along the route of the New River and in 1904, after losing its water supply duties to the Metropolitan Water Board, it re-incorporated into a property company.
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New River Company
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New River Company reservoirs
These reservoirs, the property of the New River Company, were begun in the ye...
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Claremont Close - WW2 damage
The charming insignia seems to show a roofscape, including a church, all behi...
Clarendon Arch - 1682
We are indebted to John Salmon at Geograph for his photo of this arch. The P...
Clarendon Arch - 1786
This bank of earth was raised and formed to support the Channel of the New Ri...
Myddelton Square - WW2 bomb
43 - 53 Myddelton Square Destroyed by enemy action on 11th January 1941. Re...
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Sir Richard Arkwright
Industrialist and inventor. From Preston. Set up a factory with a newly designed method of cotton-spinning. He worked his employees, including children, very hard and became very rich.
1 memorial
Alfred Mond, Baron Melchett
Born in Lancashire, where his father Ludwig had a factory. Studied law and then entered his father's business as director. Liberal and then Conservative MP 1906-28. In 1926 he achieved the merger...
1 memorial
Palmer Tyre Company
From Car History: In June 1892 John F. Palmer (American) obtained two US patents for a “thread-fabric” bicycle pneumatic tire. Shortly afterwards he moved to England; registering the Palmer Tire Co...
1 memorial
Gas Light and Coke Company
Founded by Frederick Albert Winsor (who also gave the world's first demonstration of street lighting by coal gas). Nationalised 1949 and privatised 1986. Demerged in 1997 into Centrica plc and BG p...
1 memorial
Tea Trade in London
The following text is taken from the Shoreditch plaque: This plaque commemorates 350 years of the tea industry in the City of London. The industry was spread over Plantation House (now Plantation ...
3 memorials
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