Erection date: 2013
On 10th March 1613 William Shakespeare purchased lodgings in the Blackfriars gatehouse located near this site.
City of London
EC4, 7 St Andrew's Hill, 7
Various sources identify Shakespeare's house, the gatehouse, as having been on the site of what is now the Cockpit pub at this junction, rather than the building with the plaque.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars
This was initially part of Blackfriars Priory. From St Etheldreda: From abou...
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
2020: The road is surprising wide at this point. Via Facebook Dugald Gonsal helpfully explained "I was selected and appointed by Ken Harm...
The Triffids recorded their classic album Born Sandy Devotional on this site in August 1985. "It's a Wide Open Road" thetriffids.com
The memorial was unveiled to great acclaim by Brian May and Mercury's mother Jer Bulsara. By about two years later it had disappeared. On...
There is an almost identical plaque on Philip Blairman House in Elder Street.
