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...
The plaque is by the Belgrave Place entrance to the building.
In the 19th century this brewery was on the elite tourist trail so in 1850 when Haynau arrived in London here he came. But his reputatio...
We think it likely that Kemp-Welch, a local worthy, attended the church and made a contribution to the costs of this building.
On or near this site stood the Second Turners' Hall 1736 - 66. The Corporation of the City of London
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