L'habitant
Hop Factors, terra cotta plaque, Borough High Street
L'habitant ..... ©TonyAvon2011
The Bankside area of Southwark was ideally placed to become a centre of the hop trade. The railways coming into London Bridge offered rapid transport from the hopfieds of Kent. Hops would also be shipped to Southwark on the River Thames and could be stored ready for sale to London's breweries.
This terra cotta plaque marks one such firm. By the middle of the 19th century a vast exchange building - the London Hop Exchamge - had been built in Southwark Street a few hundred yards from here. The building still stands but is no longr a centre for the hop industry.
Hop Factors, terra cotta plaque, Borough High Street
L'habitant ..... ©TonyAvon2011
The Bankside area of Southwark was ideally placed to become a centre of the hop trade. The railways coming into London Bridge offered rapid transport from the hopfieds of Kent. Hops would also be shipped to Southwark on the River Thames and could be stored ready for sale to London's breweries.
This terra cotta plaque marks one such firm. By the middle of the 19th century a vast exchange building - the London Hop Exchamge - had been built in Southwark Street a few hundred yards from here. The building still stands but is no longr a centre for the hop industry.