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Hall of the Society of Merchant Venturers

Placeholder for Hall of the Society of Merchant Venturers black plaque

The Guild of British Mariners founded in 1445 maintained a priest and twelve poor seamen. Their Chapel of St. Clement stood on this site. In 1553 the disused chapel became the Hall of the Society of Merchant Venturers. The Hall was rebuilt 1719. In 1940 it was destroyed by enemy action.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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