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. 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
The plaque is on the brick wall to the right of the pub. The photo on our page for the Battle was taken right in front of this pub.
York Way, which runs from King's Cross up to Camden Road, used to be called Maiden (corruption of midden, meaning dung heap) Lane. From ...
We love the repeated "etc."s to indicate the Duke's excessively long list of honours, etc. (now we're at it!).
There are actually 2 plaques, with the same wording, on the building, one at first floor and one at ground floor level.
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