Site of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, founded 1108.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC3, Mitre Square
This square occupies that space that was used by the cloisters of the priory. The south corner of the square is where in 1888 the body of Catherine Eddowes was found, one of Jack the Ripper's victims.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Holy Trinity
Demolished by Henry VIII as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Our p...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Holy Trinity
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Orwell lived here for 6 months in 1935 while he was working in the South End Green Bookshop and writing "Keep the Aspidstra Flying". Unv...
Above the door on the left is inscribed "1892". On the south face of this building are 4 inscribed stones laid by (left to right) JC Ran...
Hackney's 2012 Management Plan for Clissold Park refers to these two new ornamental bridges, and describes the image on the plaque as the...
Professor Sir Edward Victor Appleton King's College London Nobel Laureate Ionospheric radio, 1924
These plaques are on the southern wall of the internal courtyard and we've heard that Jim, at least, was buried in this courtyard when it...
2024: IanVisits reported that "An exhibition about George Seferis has opened inside the Greek Ambassador’s home".
The cross looks as if the church was designed to hold it, but no. St Peters was built 1824-27 and this section, by Sir Arthur Blomfield, ...
The Friends of Burgess Park are an association of people and other interested groups who are concerned to protect, promote and enhance an important, inner-city London park.
The plaque can be seen in the lower left of our photo. 'Cutty Sark Gardens' sounds like a sarky name for a large area which is almost ent...
Comedian and actor. Born Alfred Hawthorne Hill in Southampton. In his teens he worked as a milkman, an experience which he later put to good use in his hit song 'Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the ...
