In a house near this spot John Henry, Cardinal Newman was born 21st February 1801.
City of London
EC4, Threadneedle Street, 60
The plaque can be seen to the lower right in the picture. The address is sometimes given as 80 Old Broad Street, the address at which he was born.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cardinal Newman - EC4
Born 80 Old Broad Street, eldest son of a banker. Goaded into writing his Apo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cardinal Newman - EC4
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Wallace Bligh Cheesman, 1865 - 1947, founder of the Fawcett Association, lived here 1926 - 1927. London Borough of Islington Historic House
D. H. Lawrence, 1885 - 1930, novelist and poet, lived here in 1915. Greater London Council
Bonus fact: The Guardian reported that the Austrian author Stefan Zweig lived in this street c.1934-9 but in 2012 English Heritage reject...
The plaque can be seen in our photo, below the street lamp.
In remembrance of 457 civilians killed in Chelsea by enemy action 1939-1945.
