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Business  as  UsualRichard  Wiltshire

Senior  Archivist  – Business  archives,  London  Metropolitan  Archives

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LMA/4673/G/04/001

• LMA/4673/D/01/020/011  Vaudeville  Theatre,  Strand,  1871

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LMA/4673/D/01/033/079:  Danbury  Palace  and  Park,  Danbury,  Essex,  1892

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