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.
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Cornhill Standard
A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanicall...
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Cornhill Standard
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Site of the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers, 1603 - 1796. City of London
Odd that the plaque gives the 19th and not the 18th as the date.
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping...
In Satellite view it looks like there's a giant chess board in the back garden.
The plaque was laid in 1921 (British Pathe film) and the building was opened on 3 June 1926 by the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin and th...