The Great Synagogue stood near this site until 1272.
Corporation of London
Site: Great Synagogue - Old Jewry (1 memorial)
EC2, Old Jewry
The Great Synagogue stood near this site until 1272.
Corporation of London
EC2, Old Jewry
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Synagogue - Old Jewry
We could find nothing on the history of this Great Synagogue but its closure ...
In 1290 Edward I expelled Jews from England and for centuries, apart from tho...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Synagogue - Old Jewry
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Greater London Council Lytton Strachey, 1880 - 1932, critic and biographer, lived here.
Holland wrote "Death is Nothing at All".
At the time gilded lettering incised into granite was a popular technique. We can't say what it was like when new but its legibility has ...
The plaques both have the facts wrong; in the novel Nancy is murdered in her house. It is in the 1960 musical Oliver! that she is murdere...
Political philosopher. Born at Northwater Bridge, Logie Pert, Forfarshire, Scotland. He was a founder of classical economics with David Ricardo. His 'History of British India' contains a complete d...
Film director. Born at 517 Leytonstone High Road above his father William’s greengrocery and poultry shop. See Spitalfields Life for an unusual take on his life in Leytonstone. When Alfie was about...
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