Erection date: 1936
{Around the Westminster Bank shield:}
1836 1936
This stone was placed here to commemorate the centenary of Westminster Bank.
All the sources we have checked give 1834 as the year of origin.
EC2, Lothbury, 41
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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