Plaque

Lamb Building

Inscription

Lamb Building stood here. Built in 1667, destroyed by enemy action 11th May 1941.

Site: Church Court (4 memorials)

EC4, Inner Temple

On the ground of this court two circles are marked out in the flags, one has the column at the centre, the other is centred on the Lamb Building plaque. This court was formerly the cloister courtyard of the monastery of the Knights Templar.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lamb Building

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Lamb Building

Just to the south-east of Temple Church, it stood on the original burial grou...

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World War 2

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Lamb Building

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Knights Templar, Great Fire & Millennium

Knights Templar, Great Fire & Millennium

A nearby information board gives: The column in this court was erected and d...

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Niblett Pegasus

Niblett Pegasus

Niblett Hall was replaced with Littleton Building in 1994.

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William Charles Niblett

William Charles Niblett

The date of birth given on the plaque, 1856, is wrong. Niblett was born in 1851.

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