John Inderwick was an English tobacco pipe maker and property developer.
He founded a tobacconist shop in Wardour Street, Soho, in 1797. This continued as Inderwick & Co for many years, being located at number 45 in Carnaby Street when that street became fashionable in the Swinging Sixties. He introduced the Meerschaum pipe to London and bought a mine in Crimea to supply sepiolite for these.[1]
Having become prosperous, he invested in property development in Kensington which was built up during the 18th century. He developed a substantial estate of six and half acres which became known as Kensington New Town and then followed this with a similar scheme at Kensington Gate. At the time of his death in 1867, he also owned properties in Haverstock Hill, Camden Town, Woolwich and the West End of London.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Carnaby Street, Kensington New Town", The London Encyclopedia, Pan Macmillan, 2008, p. 133,452, ISBN 9781405049245
- ^ Hermione Hobhouse, ed. (1986), "Kensington New Town", Survey of London, vol. 42, London, pp. 130–150
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