Erection date: 24/5/1985
The City of London School was endowed by John Carpenter, Town Clerk in 1442. The Corporation of London by an Act of Parliament in 1834 established the School at Milk Street off Cheapside. In 1883 the School moved to the Victoria Embankment. On 24 May 1985 this stone was laid by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor Sir Alan Traill, GBE, MA DMus.
EC4, Queen Victoria Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
City of London School - EC4 - Q.Victoria St
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Endowed by John Carpenter Town Clerk in 1442. The Corporation of London by an...
Town Clerk. Endowed the City of London School in 1442. Our picture is of hi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
City of London School - EC4 - Q.Victoria St
English Heritage John Groom, 1845 - 1919, philanthropist, who founded workshops for disabled girls nearby, lived here.
In the absence of any other source our colleague Andrew Behan has turned to the Post Office telephone directories for the background to t...
OK, not a memorial, but a pretty plaque that we could not resist (nor photograph very well - sorry.) The Brighter Kensington and Chelsea...
English Heritage Charles X, 1757 - 1836, last Bourbon King of France, lived here, 1805 - 1814.
'Mail Rail' - Post Office Railway, 1927 - 2003, 6½ mile, 2 ft gauge, driverless underground railway, linking postal sorting offices, and ...
We've listed the statues left to right across the front of the building, with More all on his lonesome on the west (left) facade. The 1...
101 Farm Lane This site was first developed in the 1890s as a horse bus company depot. It was then used by various motor bus companies an...
Made of Cornish granite. We've photoed the stone chain around the monument. Lower down is a stone rope with knots at the corners. We l...
London Borough of Lewisham Leland Lewis Duncan, 1862 - 1923, local historian, lived here, 1873 - 1923.
Born Eltham as Stephen Ross Porter, His new name came from The Hobbit. Original founder in 1967 of Tyrannosaurus Rex with Bolan. Died, aged 31 years, after choking on a cocktail cherry at home at 1...
