Fore Street, London

James Morrison, who subsequently became a millionaire and MP started work for Todd and married his daughter.

The firm became known as Morrison, Dillon & Co, and later was converted into the Fore Street Limited Liability Company.

A plaque on the wall of Roman House, on the corner with Wood Street, marks the spot.

It is one of the few medieval churches left in the City of London, having survived the Great Fire of 1666, but it has been extensively altered and rebuilt over the years and was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War.

In 1850, Ebenezer Howard, originator of the garden city movement and the son of a confectioner, was born in the street.