Corporation of the City of London
Site of London House, destroyed by fire, 1766.
EC1, Aldersgate Street, 172 - 176, London House
Strangely, there are two identical blue plaques, either side of the entrance.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
London House
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
London House
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Each of these foundation stones is at the base of a pillar, reading left to right: Peters, Rowlands, Lewis, Taylor. Disappointingly we h...
Plaque is on a corner at the back of the building.
The plaque fails to explain why it is on this particular spot. Cromwell's family was based in Putney and he was brought up here but we c...
The stone with the 'W', or 'M', looks not to have been created as part of this design. "W' for well?
Eleanor Rathbone, 1872-1946, pioneer of family allowances, lived here. Greater London Council
The inscription is carried by two glazed tiles, one of which has been broken and repaired. There's a bit of a puzzle here. It's a fair a...
The solid block of stone for the memorial came from Gozo, one of the three inhabited islands that make up Malta. This stone was easily av...
We could not read most of the inscription on the stone but found it at San Francisco Call, Volume 105, Number 173, 22 May 1909 at cdnc. ...
Architect. Born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire. Often styled 'Sir Gilbert Scott'. His London work includes: St Giles' Church in Camberwell, St Mary Abbots in Kensington, the Albert Memorial in Kensing...
Antiquarian and politician. Born Robert Bruce Cotton in Denton, Huntingdonshire. He entered parliament in 1601, as the member for Newtown, Isle of Wight. His collection of manuscripts which became ...
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