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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cornhill Standard
A water conduit, and point of measurement. From Wikipedia: "first mechanicall...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Cornhill Standard
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
On the sequence of events the plaque is not clear. Caroline married George in 1795 and after the birth of their daughter they separated a...
Plaque unveiled by Andrew Hodges, author of 'Alan Turing: The Enigma'.
The plaque can be seen in our photo, below the 'Ticket Office' sign.
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