A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St Sepulchre graveyard. This is the last City of London watch-house standing.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
London unit which served in WW1 where it lost 1,022 soldiers. More informati...
Born Redruth, Cornwall. He died aged 19 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Par...
Opponent of King Charles II. Born Baynard's Castle. Exiled in Rome. Return...
Naval officer. Born Ireland, Co. Wicklow. "Royal naval biography; or, Memoi...
