At the cross roads the Standard in Cornhill formerly stood. Removed 1674.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC3, Cornhill, 59-60
The plaque is actually high up on the Gracechurch Street frontage. The Cornhill Standard was a water pump, so important that round about 1600 it was sometimes used as the measuring point for distances to London, instead of Queen Eleanor's Cross. Neither Wikipedia norLondonist mention it.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cornhill Standard
A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanicall...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cornhill Standard
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, 1873 - 1956, theologian, teacher and philosopher, lived here, 1945 - 1956. Erected by the Association of Jewish Refug...
Greater London Council Walter Sickert, 1860 - 1942, painter and etcher, lived and worked here.
Lane and Orpen were distant cousins and rented this house together in 1907. The Lane plaque is above, Orpen below, with a little window b...
This is a foundation stone for the building.
We would not normally collect this type of inscription - many of the early housing projects carry similar notices. But they are normall...
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