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...
Cheam School Once associated with Whitehall, the famous Cheam School was established on this site by 1719. The Chapel, now altered, survi...
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
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...
Sir Henry Irving, 1838 - 1905, actor, lived here, 1872 - 1899. Greater London Council
English Heritage Constant Lambert, 1905 - 1951, composer, lived here, 1947 - 1951.
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