John Beckwith, W. P. Lawrence, Edmund Lawrence, and The Oldest Chemist's Shop blue plaque
Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
The Oldest Chemist's Shop A pharmacy from at least 1720, when John Beckwith was the apothecary, The Oldest Chemist's Shop became especially famous under WP Lawrence and his son Edmund from 1884 to 1965. The shop ceased to be a pharmacy in 1997.
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