Erection date: 1930
The site of Garraways Coffee House. Rebuilt 1874. Set here 1930.
The grasshopper was Thomas Gresham's family symbol and appears on a number of buildings in this area, in particular the Royal Exchange. Presumably it indicates that this lovely and very popular plaque was erected by the Gresham family or their business interests.
EC3, Change Alley
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Garraways Coffee House
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Garraways Coffee House
"Tyburn Hill"? Pancake more like! Can anyone explain this description? This is probably the foundation stone for the 1963 rebuilding.
The memorial was originally displayed in the foyer of the Institute of Marine Engineers memorial building at 76 Mark Lane in the City of ...
This plaque is on the front of this building, over to the left (out of our picture) in the mirror position of the foundation stone. Newl...
Lindsey House, built 1674 by Robert Bertie 3rd Earl of Lindsey, incorporates a house which Sir Theodore Mayerne, court physician, built o...
From University of Southampton: "Based in a disused hostel on 125 Cannon Street Road, the Oxford and St George’s Club began in 1914 with a membership of 25 boys. The Club got its name from Basil’s ...
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