{There is no plaque explaining the configuration of cobbles in the pavement..}
These cobbles mark out the site of the original circular church of the medieval Priory of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The Priory once occupied a ten-acre site including this church and St John's Gate. The church was rebuilt following WW2 bombing.
EC1, St John's Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Priory of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Order of St John of Jerusalem The Order of St John of Jerusalem combined reli...
Lines laid out in the grass can just be seen in our photo. They indicate what is now thought to be the site of the original Priory Church...
Our picture comes courtesy of Google Satellite view. A visit to the Guildhall Art Gallery includes access to the remains of the amphithea...
On Park Street there's a plaque for the Globe but behind that, and possibly missed by some people, is the actual Globe, or rather marking...
When we photographed the stone we did not notice the rectangular clearing around it but this Google Satellite image displays the space we...
Our picture comes from Google satellite view and shows, better than can be seen at ground level, the (partial) outlines of the two church...
London County Council Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772 - 1834, poet and philosopher, lived in a house on this site, 1812 - 1813.
Near this spot at 62 Fore Street on the 29th January 1850 was born Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the Garden City Movement. The Corporat...
James Clerk Maxwell (1831 - 1879) physicist, lived here. LCC
London County Council Thomas Sheraton, 1751 - 1806, furniture designer, lived here.
A resin version of this statue was temporarily installed in Trafalgar Square on the 'fourth plinth' on 4 November 2009.
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