The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supporting the grid-iron is apparently part of the WW2 incendiary bomb which caused the church to be burnt out.
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church st...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelft...
{Inscribed on the main stone plaque:} 1914 - 1918 In memory of the officers...
The SWET plaque is to the right of the Harris monument, just out the picture.
The plaque is on the ground near the Lewisham war memorial.
Plaque unveiled by Wendy Richard, David Croft and Ron Lynch (his partner). It is located at the end of a 'gated' estate, hence the slight...
Thornton's Corner Beckenham Journal, 1881 - 1965 First British Airmail Post Office, 9th August 1902. Bromley & Beckenham Philatelic ...
In WW2 both Upton Chapel and Christ Church were badly bombed. Both were demolished (except for Lincoln Tower here) and the two congregati...
