Kedgley Boro Market 2 Shilling Token

In my youth, the Kedgley family were "Spud Men" (potato sellers) around South London. That makes it about 50 years ago, but this token is older and very probably does date back a further 100 years to the Borough Market in Southwark, just south of the Thames.

Re the Kedgley token,Benjamin Kedgley (1802-75) ran a potato and pea business at Borough Market, originally in the name of B Kedgley & Son and latterly as Kedgley and Thorogood. When Benjamin died in 1875 the business was passed to his son Henry in partnership with Thorogood and went bankrupt in 1892. The token was used in connection with the containers used by producers when they brought goods to the market and the token would be redeemed when the container(s) were collected. Hope this helps.

Terry Kedgley