On this site lived two famous clockmakers, Thomas Tompion, F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking", 1638 - 1713 and George Graham, F.R.S., 1673 - 1751. Both buried in Westminster Abbey.
EC4, Fleet Street, 69
The ACLL plaque is on the wall to the left, hidden by the wall-mounted No Entry sign.
Note: despite their appearance, neither of these two plaques bears the name ‘Corporation of the City of London’.
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Clockmakers
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Clockmakers
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