Inscription
Pepys
Site: Guildhall - 5 famous Londoners (5 memorials)
EC2, Guildhall Yard, Guildhall
The arcade contains four modern busts, left to right:
Pepys
Cromwell
Shakespeare
Wren
and a statue of Whittington to the left.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Pepys bust
Subjects commemorated i
Samuel Pepys
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty. Born Salisbury Court, where his fath...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Pepys bust
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Pepys bust
Also at this site i
Guildhall - Whittington statue
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