London Coffee House History. So starting of the London Stock Exchange. By 1739 there were over 550 coffeehouses in London.
Lloyds Coffee House was a significant meeting place in London in the 17th and 18th centuries. Hotspots for the business community. In 1688 Edward Lloyds coffee house on Tower St earned a reputation as the place to go for marine insurance.
By the mid-17th century there were over 300 coffee houses in London many of which attracted like-minded patrons including merchants shippers brokers and artists.
Londons first coffeehouse or rather coffee stall was opened by an eccentric Greek named Pasqua Rosee in 1652. The Coffee House as a Center of Business The Jamaica Coffee House in the City of London. Victorian Web Social History Political History Clubs. Michaels Alley CornhillHowever Rosee opened his very first coffee shop in Oxford England in 1651.