The poet and statesman, John Milton, was born 1608 in Bread Street.
City of London
Site: Milton in Bread Street (1 memorial)
EC4, Bread Street
The poet and statesman, John Milton, was born 1608 in Bread Street.
City of London
EC4, Bread Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Milton in Bread Street
Poet, essayist, playwright, historian, and diplomat. Born in the house called...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Milton in Bread Street
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
The names are listed on two panels either side of the door but that to the right, east, is too weather-worn to be legible. We were gratef...
2021: We noticed that the site has been rebuilt and the plaque (now slightly damaged, but our photo does not show that) positioned on the...
V1 Flying Bomb Carrington Road Sunday 6th August 1944. On this spot fell a V1 flying bomb resulting in the loss of 10 lives, 107 injuries...
Richard Savage, fourth Earl Rivers, Governor of the Tower of London, 1660 - 1712, lived here.
Born 4 Park Street (which is now 20 Queen Anne's Gate) as Henry John Temple. Liberal Prime Minister 1855 - 58 and 1859 - 65. See First passenger underground. Died Brocket, Hertfordshire, his wife'...
Poor dear, we've seen her looking better.
Born in Wakefield as Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth. At art school met and became a friendly rival of Henry Moore, though it was she who first 'pierced' her sculptures. With her first husband had a son w...
Merchant and banker. Born in Willesley, then in Derbyshire but now in Leicestershire. One of the first directors of the Bank of England. Lord Mayor of London 1700-01. That was an exciting time for...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them