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Companies based in the City of Westminster

  • Gas Light and Coke CompanyFrederick Albert Winsor arrived in London from Germany with a vision to illuminate the city. Parliament granted authorization for his enterprise on 50 Geo. 3.
  • A & C BlackCharles Black and Adam Black opened a small bookshop in Edinburgh on the 1st of January 1807. They began by selling religious texts and schoolbooks to local…