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...
Above the door on the left is inscribed "1892". On the south face of this building are 4 inscribed stones laid by (left to right) JC Ran...
This building now houses the Junior school of the Foundation established by Sir John Cass. Previously the Sir John Cass's Foundation Prim...
Londonist points out how important correct use of English can be: "This was not the only Strand building to survive the Great Fire... the...
Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borough, even on the same plaque (Harringay / Haringey). Actor J...
The 5 piers on the City Road boundary each carry a golden inscription. We list them here south to north. There is a common misapprehens...
William Lutley Sclater was born on 23 September 1863 and his birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1863 in the St George's, Hanover Square registration district in London. He was the eldest o...
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