{Below the City of London crest:}
The Great Conduit lies beneath this spot.
Built by the City of London in 1245 to provide public water supplied by pipe from Tyburn Springs.
Removed after the Great Fire in 1666 and found during the construction of One Poultry in 1994.
EC2, Cheapside, Tescos
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - stone
In 1236/7 the City of London was granted permission to tap the Tyburn Springs...
Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - stone
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 - stone
The Great Conduit stood in this street providing free water, 13th century to ...
This plaque is smaller than usual and not the expected ceramic. We think it w...
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe 1900 - 1966, landscape architect lived here 1936 - 1984...
We were sceptical but a 2012 article in Time confirms: “Technically, the Quee...
Godfrey Maule Nicholson, manager of a Stratford distillery, George Elliott an...
