This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Tyburn Turnpike House
Commemorated ati
Tyburn Stone
We could not read most of the inscription on the stone but found it at San Fr...
Other Subjects
Sir Thomas Gresham
Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was. See A London Inheritance ...
3 memorials
Ahmed Ali Kanoo
He appears in a list of "World's Richest People," Forbes 1996/8 and as a member of the 'Bahrain Monetary Council' in 1965. A tree seems somewhat inadequate.
1 memorial
Albert E. Reed
 Paper manufacturer and Weslian preacher.  Born Devon.  Established a newsprint manufacturing company in Kent in 1894. By 1965 this had grown to be the Reed Group and in 1993 it merged to become R...
1 memorial
Julian Metcalfe
Co-founder of Pret a Manger with Sinclair Beecham, who he met at the Polytechnic of Central London.  Also founded the itsu chain of Asian-inspired restaurants.
1 memorial
Barclays Bank
The bank's origins go back to the goldsmith bankers John Freame and Thomas Gould. James Barclay joined the business in 1736. After various name permutations, it became Barclay and Co. in 1896. As o...
3 memorials
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them