The Great Conduit stood in this street providing free water, 13th century to 1666.
City of London
EC2, Cheapside, Tescos
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement. Our colleague Alan Patient sent the photo of the blue plaque which was added after we took our photo.
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - blue
In 1236/7 the City of London was granted permission to tap the Tyburn Springs...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - blue
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist have provided a potted hist...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - blue
{Below the City of London crest:} The Great Conduit lies beneath this spot. B...
Broad-leaf Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus x prunifolia) planted in memory of Al...
The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, h...
The inscription is a quote from William Morris's 1890 "News from Nowhere", in...
