{Below the arms of the Worshipful Company of Cooks:}
Cooks Hall was built on this site circa 1500 and rebuilt and enlarged 1674. In 1764 a fire partially destroyed the Hall which was again rebuilt but was totally destroyed by fire in 1771.
EC1, Aldersgate Street, 10
The bronze plaque is at the entrance to the building which is the third bay to the right of these two blue plaques.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cooks' Hall - bronze plaque
Cooks' Hall was built circa 1500, escaped the Great Fire and was rebuilt and ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cooks' Hall - bronze plaque
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Cooks' Hall - bronze plaque
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