The Corporation of the City of London
William Blake, poet and painter, lived here. Born 1757, died 1827.
Initially we were puzzled why the Corporation of the City of London would erect a plaque so far to the west of its patch, but our colleague, Alan Patient, found out. This area used to be the Conduit Mead(e) Estate which was owned and managed by the Corporation.
W1, South Molton Street, 17
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Blake - W1, S. Molton Street
Poet and artist. Except for 3 years spent on the coast near Bognor, Blake liv...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
William Blake - W1, S. Molton Street
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
The words come from a very dull modern plaque attached to the railings. London Uncovered gives: "A four-faced drum clock by Thwaites &am...
The tree is outside our photo, to the left, south, set back from the road, in the grounds of St Mary's Church.
English Heritage write: "At various times between 1911 and 1922, flats 53 and 54 - on the building's seventh floor - served not just as C...
The ghost was covering quite a large area - St Paul's Churchyard was at what is now the Hammersmith roundabout, three quarters of a mile ...
Whittington lived nearby and paid for the rebuilding and enlargement of the church St Michael Paternoster Royal. Upper Thames Street is w...
