Plaque

St Leonard, Eastcheap

Inscription

Site of St Leonard Eastcheap, destroyed in the Great Fire 1666.
The Corporation of the City of London

Site: St Leonard, Eastcheap (1 memorial)

EC3, King William Street, 2a

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St Leonard, Eastcheap

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St Leonard, Eastcheap

Lost in the Great Fire and never rebuilt.

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Great Fire of London

Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area...

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Corporation of the City of London

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