The Society's own website says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." Matt Brown of Londonist thinks (and we agree with him) that this lamp, at the centre of a sort of armillary sphere, is inspired by that lamp from over 200 years ago.
EC4, Crane Court
The Royal Society met at the north end of Crane Court from 1710-80, that's the end behind our camera.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crane Court - Royal Society
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Kno...
Our 'inscription' comes from the modern information panel just outside our photo to the right, as does the artist's impression of the bui...
In memory of Hazrat Wali, citizen of the world, fatally stabbed here, October 2021. RIP Hazrat We all read these things in the news but...
At the north end of Post Office Court, attached to the west wall adjoining St Mary Woolnoth, are six salvaged carved panels. We have numb...
A nearby information board gives a good history of the Embankment: The first person to suggest a river embankment was Sir Christopher Wr...
The top picture is a scan from a leaflet about this walk, available from: http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/ It shows that the walk actually ...
Born Flintshire, Wales. Came to London in 1807 to train as a lawyer at the Temple. Called to the bar in 1811. But he was unsuccessful in this profession and turned to writing about Welsh history...
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