Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street, first set up his press by Shoe Lane near this Hall circa 1500.
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front or back of all books to identify the printer. Not sure we would describe Shoe Lane as being "near this Hall".
EC4, Stationers’ Hall Court
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
Initially a Guild of Stationers - booksellers who copied, decorated and sold ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
Despite the address the building with its plaque is actually in Devonshire Street.
Historic England has ""Kupron bronze plaque on 1st floor designed in 1908 by C Fitzroy Doll, Bedford Estate surveyor, from a model by C L...
The Royal Photographic Society plaque is on the left above the wheelie-bins. The BFI plaque is on the pillar on the right.
Olive Schreiner, 1855 - 1920, author, lived here. London County CouncilÂ
Thanks to our colleague Alan Patient for these photos, taken in 2018, of the concourse showing the memorials. But we have failed to find ...
