Plaque

St Michaels Bassishaw

Inscription

Site of St Michael Bassishaw, demolished 1900.
The Corporation of the City of London

Site: St Michaels Bassishaw & Coopers' Hall (2 memorials)

EC2, Basinghall Street

In our picture the blue plaque is above the orange barriers and the Coopers' Hall memorial is on the low wall to the left, in front of a building inscribed 'Corporation of London'.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Michaels Bassishaw

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St Michaels Bassishaw

Church first recorded in a document of 1196. Destroyed in the Great Fire, re...

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St Michaels Bassishaw

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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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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Coopers' Corner

Coopers' Corner

Coopers Corner The site of Coopers Hall 1547 - 1940

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