On 10th March 1613 William Shakespeare purchased lodgings in the Blackfriars gatehouse located near this site.
City of London
EC4, 7 St Andrew's Hill, 7
Various sources identify Shakespeare's house, the gatehouse, as having been on the site of what is now the Cockpit pub at this junction, rather than the building with the plaque.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars
This was initially part of Blackfriars Priory. From St Etheldreda: From abou...
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is often given as the 23...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard, 1653 - 166...
RNH Opened by HRH Princess Louise Duchess of Argyle GBE on the 30th October 1...
