On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the Anti-Corn-Law League with which John Bright and Richard Cobden were so closely associated.
EC4, Fleet Street, 69
The ACLL plaque is on the wall to the left, hidden by the wall-mounted No Entry sign.
Note: despite their appearance, neither of these two plaques bears the name ‘Corporation of the City of London’.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anti-Corn Law League
Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn...
Politician. Â Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repea...
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Anti-Corn Law League
Opened on the same day as the twin arch on the north side of the river. Presumably the dignitaries rode through the tunnel with bands pla...
In memory of the residents of University College Hall who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918. {This is followed by a list of ...
Keynes's brother Geoffrey also lived here. The house was occupied by at least some of the Bloomsburies and Keyneses, 1911-15. Grant and K...
The Strand underpass is a one-way vehicle tunnel connecting Waterloo Bridge to Kingsway near Holborn. Opened in 1964, most of it was buil...
The house behind is Vanburgh Castle which he built for himself while Surveyor to the nearby Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich. He lived h...
In the background of our photo you can see the windmill undergoing restoration. The essential MDFCTA tells us that this was originally i...
Looking at the cafe picture: - The war damage plaque is on the wall that you can just see on the left. - On the right you can see one o...
Sicilian marble. W. and T. Wills of 12 Euston Road were the sculptors. Still on its original site where it was unveiled to popular acclai...
Garraway claimed to be the first to sell tea to the public, but not, as far as we can tell, at the Change Alley site, where he moved his coffee house after the Great Fire of 1666, replacing another...
By 1717 the Masonic lodges were already clubs having no connection to stone-masonry. Four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron pub in St Paul's Churchyard and formed the first Grand Lodge, i...
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