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Worshipful Company of Skinners

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Originally an association of fur traders, it is now an educational and charitable institution. It is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

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Worshipful Company of Skinners

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Tonbridge Club

Foundation Stone laid by Raymond Denham Poland Esquire, master of the Worship...

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Lloyds TSB Group

Lloyds TSB Group

In 1765 John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd set up a private banking business in Birmingham. In 1810, the Reverend Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, set up a bank to help his poorest parishioners...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Thomas Woodward & Sons

Thomas Woodward & Sons

Brewers. They took over the Clapham Brewery, changing its name to ‘The Plough’ which was the same as the brewery they had run in Kennington. The railings at the front of the building bear the initi...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Harrods

Harrods

A luxury department store on Brompton Road. Initially established by Charles Henry Harrod at 228 Borough High Street. Moved into a small shop at the current address in 1849, and expanded rapidly. ...

Group, Commerce

1 memorial
Penny Savings Bank

Penny Savings Bank

From Tottenham Quakers  "In 1798 Priscilla Wakefield founded the first "frugality bank" in England. This she founded at Ship Inn Yard in Tottenham. It was intended to help people on lower incomes t...

Concept, Commerce, Social Welfare

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Rosa Lewis

Rosa Lewis

Hotelier. Born Rosa Ovenden at Leyton, Essex. She started her working life as a servant and graduated to become an itinerant cook for many of the famous families of the time. In 1883 she married th...

Person, Commerce

1 memorial