Site: Guildhall - 5 famous Londoners (5 memorials)
EC2, Guildhall Yard, Guildhall
The arcade contains four modern busts, left to right:
Pepys
Cromwell
Shakespeare
Wren
and a statue of Whittington to the left.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Wren bust
Subjects commemorated i
Sir Christopher Wren
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, o...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Wren bust
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Guildhall - Wren bust
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Guildhall - Whittington statue
Dick stands in front of a milestone showing he is in Highgate (3 miles from L...
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