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.
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Cornhill Standard
A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanicall...
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Cornhill Standard
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