The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supporting the grid-iron is apparently part of the WW2 incendiary bomb which caused the church to be burnt out.
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church st...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelft...
{Inscribed on the main stone plaque:} 1914 - 1918 In memory of the officers...
The part of the building fronting Queen Square was redeveloped and opened (although this is not mentioned on the plaque) by the Prince of...
Crookes had a private laboratory here made possible with the inheritance from his father. At least some of the seances that he investiga...
We thank our language consultant, David Hopkins, for the translation.
This plaque was removed when the house on which it was erected was demolished. A new plaque has been erected on the new house. We'd guess...
We thank our colleague, Alan Patient, for providing the photos.
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