Site: Rodney's Head (1 memorial)
EC1, Old Street, 12
1876 is incised into the stone work of the building.
EC1, Old Street, 12
1876 is incised into the stone work of the building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rodney's Head
Records show Rodney's Head pub was at 4 Old Street in 1851. In 1876 this was...
Born London. Naval officer involved in the American revolution. Died in Hanov...
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
There has been a public house of this name here since at least 1739 but the bust is a very good likeness of George IV, regent 1811 - 1820...
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
Dickens lodged at Furnival's Inn while writing the first part of Pickwick Papers.
The plaque immediately below the bust is blank but there are 4 others below that, each with an inscription. The text of the upper three ...