If you are looking for professional jewellers in or around London,
F. Hinds could be your choice!
You can visit any one of the following five F. Hinds shops in London:
Our staff are looking forward to seeing you at your next visit to one of our stores.
Something about London
The origin of the name of London is uncertain. Tacitus, the Roman historian, referred to Londinium around AD 115 but it is now thought that the name may have pre-Celtic origins, describing the location of the early settlement downriver from the last ford across the Thames at Westminster, and possibly meaning 'place at the unfordable river'.
London is the capital of England and the principal town of the British Empire.
The centre of the Government and commerce of the British Empire, London is the greatest city of any age or country. Politically, financially, and commercially, as well as on account of its immense size and population, its progress and pre-eminence form a very remarkable feature in the history of civilisation.
Famous for
As the seat of the government of the Empire, the commercial emporium of Britain, the home of British literature, art and science, and the place of residence, at special seasons, of the wealthier classes from all parts of the country, it is natural that London should abound with interesting, stately, and imposing buildings of all descriptions. Among the greatest of these are the House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, St James' Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Lambeth Palace, the Tower of London, the Guildhall, the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, the British Museum, and the National Gallery.
There are over 1,400 churches and chapels, 45 theatres, and 400 music halls concert rooms, 13 bridges, besides 5 railway bridges, span the Thames.
Famous people
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr and saint, born Cheapside, c.118.
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, statesman and adviser to Henry VIII, born Putney, c.1485.
William Blake, artist and poet, born Soho, 1757.
Michael Faraday, chemist, physicist and inventor, born Southwark, 1791.
Clement Attlee, Earl Attlee, Labour politician and Prime Minister (1945-51), born Putney, 1883.
Sir Charles ('Charlie') Chaplin, comic actor and Hollywood star, born Walworth, 1889.
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, film director, born Leytonstone, 1899.
Sir Alfred ('Alf') Ramsey, football player and England World Cup manager, born Dagenham, 1920.
Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actress, born Hamstead, 1932.
Sir Robert (Bobby) Moore, footballer, captain, England's winning World Cup team, 1966, born Barking, 1941.
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones), musician, born Brixton, 1947.
David Beckham, footballer, born Leytonstone, 1975.