Inscription
The Corporation of the City of London
Site of the Collegiate Church of St Martin, demolished 1548.
Site: St Martins Church (1 memorial)
EC2, Foster Lane
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Martins Church
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Collegiate Church of St Martin
Collegiate Church of St Martin le Grand, demolished 1548 in the Reformation.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Martins Church
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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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