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Hotham House is a commercial building in Richmond, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and the UK headquarters of eBay and Gumtree. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Thames , east of Corporation Island , at the junction of the A305 and A307 .
Thames House is an office building in Millbank, London, on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge.Originally used as offices by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), it has served as the headquarters of the United Kingdom's internal Security Service (commonly known as MI5) since December 1994.
Lewis opened his first fruit and vegetable shop in the North London area (on Holloway Road) at the age of 20 [3] and began selling clothing, primarily blouses and skirts, then dresses, in the 1940s. [1] His first clothes shop was in Mare Street, Hackney. [2] During the 1970s, he launched a chain of clothing stores, later called Chelsea Girl. [4]
In the 18th century the ait was inhabited; a main building was a latter-day notorious pub, the Swan or Three Swans; its trade was ended in 1796. [3] On the Brentford bank, the Swan Steps lead down to the river at the east end of the long and narrow park, Waterman's Park.
The Encyclopædia Britannica cites another large non-coastal landmass, Bananal Island (an island that divides the Araguaia River into two branches over a 320 km (200-mile) length of water), located in Tocantins, central Brazil, to be the world's largest river island instead, at 19,162 square kilometres (7,398 sq mi).
Previously based at 54 Broadway, [9] the SIS relocated to Century House, a 22-storey office block on Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, near Lambeth North and Waterloo stations, in 1964. [5] Its location at Century House was classified information, though The Daily Telegraph reported that it was "London's worst-kept secret, known only to every ...
Chiswick Eyot / ˈ tʃ ɪ z ɪ k ˈ eɪ t / is a 3.266-acre (1.3 ha) narrow, uninhabited ait (river island) of the Thames. It is a tree- and reed-covered rise on the Tideway by Chiswick , in London , England and is overlooked by Chiswick Mall and by some of the Barnes riverside on the far bank.
The Holme in 2009. The Holme (Saxon: "river island") is a mansion located on Inner Circle by Regent's Park in the City of Westminster, London, England.It was designed by Decimus Burton, as a residence for the Burton family, and built in 1818, by the company of James Burton, who subsequently lived there.