Plaque

St Leonards, St Martin's-le-Grand

Inscription

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

Site: St Leonards, St Martin's-le-Grand (1 memorial)

EC1, St Martin's-le-Grand

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St Leonards, St Martin's-le-Grand

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St Leonards, St Martin's-le-Grand

The church seems to have occupied a site between St Martin's-le-Grand and Fos...

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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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St Leonards, St Martin's-le-Grand

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Corporation of the City of London

The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...

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