At the cross roads the Standard in Cornhill formerly stood. Removed 1674.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC3, Cornhill, 59-60
The plaque is actually high up on the Gracechurch Street frontage. The Cornhill Standard was a water pump, so important that round about 1600 it was sometimes used as the measuring point for distances to London, instead of Queen Eleanor's Cross. Neither Wikipedia norLondonist mention it.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cornhill Standard
A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanicall...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cornhill Standard
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Joseph Turner 1775 - 1851 Brought up in London, Turner was always fascinated by the Thames. Water and ships were a major source of inspir...
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Walter Tull, 1888 - 1918, pioneering footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and pioneering British army officer, lived in a house on this site ...
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