Building    From 1500  To 1771

Cooks' Hall

Categories: Liveries & Guilds

Building

Cooks' Hall was built circa 1500, escaped the Great Fire and was rebuilt and enlarged 1674. In 1764 a fire partially destroyed the Hall which was again rebuilt but it was totally destroyed by fire in 1771.

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Cooks' Hall

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Cooks' Hall - blue plaque

2022: A London Inheritance drew our attention to the stamp and the text below...

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Cooks' Hall - bronze plaque

{Below the arms of the Worshipful Company of Cooks:} Cooks Hall was built on...

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Cutlers' Hall

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1 memorial
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This plaque is made of a single piece of cast iron.

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1 memorial
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1 memorial