{Same as on the lost plaque but without the heading.}
EC4, Fleet Street, 22, Ye Olde Cock Tavern
We photographed this plaque in Sept 2003, but on returning to photograph the building in March 2008, the plaque had gone.
2021: we returned to find a new, brass, plaque in place with the same wording, bar the heading. So we've added that to this page.
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Cock Tavern - Fleet Street
In this tavern the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, founded 1930,...
The building was also restored after World War II damage. There can't be much of the original left.
We note that the plaque, twice refers to 'Angel', not 'the Angel', and realise that we are not sure which usage is correct.
Samuel Smiles, 1812 - 1904, author of "Self Help", lived here. London County Council
There are two plaques below the clock. The upper, smaller one is for the reopening, the lower one is for the US President. Ian Visits h...
Designed by C. J. Phipps. The picture is taken from Cockspur Street. The building was badly bombed in 1940. Compare and contrast this ornate building with New Zealand House (1963) which is there now.
Diplomat, poet, hedonist and traveller. Born Petworth House, Sussex. Advocated anti-Imperialism, and supported Irish nationalism. Legendary womaniser, one being William Morris's wife, Jane. Married...
The palace covered the area approximately bounded by (clockwise) Northumberland Avenue, Victoria Embankment, Derby Gate, Downing Street, Horse Guards Road, The Mall. The area was already a centre ...
Painter and printmaker. Born Canada c.1960. Based in London since 1984. Personal website.
