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...
London County Council John Burns, 1858-1943, statesman, lived here.
{Beneath a photograph of Bowers:} Henry Robertson "Birdie" Bowers, 1883 - 1912. Centenary of the Terra Nova South Pole Expedition. This ...
The wealthy Frederic Horniman had built up a large collection of art, handcrafts & natural history at his home on this site. In 1888 ...
English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing, lived here.
In our photo the plaque is on the wall facing left. The original front door was almost certainly on the corner of the building, facing th...
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