Inscription
Watch-house, erected 1791, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1962.
Site: Charles Lamb - Giltspur Street (2 memorials)
EC1, Giltspur Street, 10
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
Subjects commemorated i
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it sa...
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
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Charles Lamb - Giltspur Street
Ornamental Passions have a good post on this memorial, saying that Lamb is sh...
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