Erection date: 1702
This is apparently the only statue of King Henry the VIII on public display in London It was erected in this new gatehouse in 1702 to acknowledge that in 1546 Henry granted St Bartholomew's to the City of London.
EC1, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew's Hospital
The two figures on the broken pediment represent lameness and sickness.
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Henry VIII statue
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...
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Henry VIII statue
Sculptor. Born in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Much admired in his ...
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Henry VIII statue
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The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
This building was the County High School for Girls opened in 1908. The children's author Winifred Darch (1884 - 1960) was a teacher here....
Initially this plaque looked like it was raised by a man simply concerned about his property. The only notable Warburton we could find in the area is a Dr Warburton who managed the insane asylum w...
Born Kennoway, Fife. Literary scholar and writer. Created professor of English literature and history at Queen’s College, Belfast in 1849. Buried at Holywood, near Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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