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of 75-81, Tooley Street, London
1817 Established by John Tolhurst (d.1849). The business was carried on by his elder son John, later with his younger son Alfred. From 1885 the firm was run by by Alfred Tolhurst and his nephew, John Grose Tolhurst (d.1912), only son of John Tolhurst.
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