Erection date: 2013
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 usually given as the ...
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...
The Beckenham firemen are also commemorated, and listed by name, on a plaque at Beckenham Fire Station. 2022: The great-nephew of one of...
Gavin Maxwell, 1914 - 1969, naturalist and writer lived here, 1961 - 1965.
In our photo Keane's is the plaque to the left (east), Treloar to the right, just above the cyclist's head. The cyclist may look as if he...
On this site stood Emanuel Hospital, founded 1594 by Lady Dacre, re-established 1883, as Emanuel School.
Duchess Theatre The Duchess Theatre began a distinguished career as a home for both drama and comedy when it opened with the war play "T...
