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 - Shakespeare bust
Subjects commemorated i
William Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Shakespeare bust
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Shakespeare bust
Also at this site i
Guildhall - Whittington statue
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