Erection date: 2013
On 10th March 1613 William Shakespeare purchased lodgings in the Blackfriars gatehouse located near this site.
City of London
EC4, 7 St Andrew's Hill, 7
Various sources identify Shakespeare's house, the gatehouse, as having been on the site of what is now the Cockpit pub at this junction, rather than the building with the plaque.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars
This was initially part of Blackfriars Priory. From St Etheldreda: From abou...
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Shakespeare's house - Blackfriars
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
This design was used repeatedly to commemorate the dead of the City of London Imperial Volunteers in the same campaign. The plaques are n...
Greater London Council Richard Bright, 1789 - 1858, physician, lived here.
In our photo you can see how distressed the lettering is, and that it was once picked out in gold paint.
Site of Newgate, demolished 1777. The Corporation of the City of London
This space, previously the car park of St. Joseph’s Church, was created by father Bruno Healy, together with landscape gardener Simon P...
It's believed that this plaque was put in place in the 1980s. Looking for an explanation for its presence here we wonder if Michael Simki...
There were 16 of these open-book style ground plaques, marking the corners of blocks A - D, the 4 main large blocks of buildings in WW2 C...
These 10 portrait mosaics are the result of a project by Morley College to celebrate the achievements of significant women who have lived...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
Writer, shopkeeper and socialite. Born on a slave ship bound for the West Indies (his birth year is approximate). His first name was Charles, but he was baptised Ignatius. His mother died soon afte...
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