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
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough Villas, Pinner.
Appropriately a number of the nearby buildings have notices instructing "no ball games". 2023: We were contacted by Jim's daughter, Rach...
http://www.emancipationofthedispossessed.com/pdfs/guidedwalk.pdf
In our photo the Memorial Hall foundation stone is on the corner of the red brick wall, the copper beech plaque is on the pebble-dashed p...
David Lodge, 1921 - 2003, actor and past King Rat, lived here. The Heritage Foundation
