{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...
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Brangwyn leased this house 1900 - 1937/38.
Artist and writer. Fabian Benedict Peake was the younger son of Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) and Maeve Patricia Mary Theresa Peake née Gilmore (1918-1983). His birth was registered as Fabian Peake in...
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty. Born Salisbury Court, where his father ran a tailoring business. The house backed onto St Brides church. Highly regarded administrator of the navy. Served C...
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Deputy Chairman of the Police Committee of the Corporation of London in 1926. Speel tells us that in St Botolph Aldgate there is a panel monument to "Joseph James Redding, d.1932". Seems likely to ...
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