Site of St Mary Bothaw, destroyed in the Great Fire 1666.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC4, Cannon Street, Cannon Street Station
Previously installed on blue tiles in the old station, this plaque was re-erected here, at the entrance to the new station, in August 2012.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Mary Bothaw
'Bothaw' derived from 'boathouse', which makes sense when you remember that b...
Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Mary Bothaw
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
In the absence of any other source our colleague Andrew Behan has turned to the Post Office telephone directories for the background to t...
The two foundation stones can be seen below the more ornate plaque. We do like their plain multi-layered frames. The building was threat...
It's rare for a plaque to specify the time at which it was unveiled - we count ourselves fortunate if we get the year.
This plaque is puzzling in a number of ways: Material? Date erected? Where erected? Why erected? It’s not a simple burial marker since th...
Coppice Row turnpike stood near here, c 1750 - 1830. London Borough of Islington - Historic Site