Site of St Mary Cole Church, destroyed in the Great Fire 1666.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC2, Old Jewry, 36/37
We don't understand why the plaque presents the name as 'Cole Church' since everywhere else it's given as 'Colechurch'.
St. Thomas Becket was born in a house close to this church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Mary Colechurch
First recorded in the late 12th century as an element in the name of the prie...
Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Mary Colechurch
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
This plaque replaced the one for Eric Morecambe on his own.
The plaque is at the bottom of the escalators and stairs.
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, 1882 - 1965, aircraft designer lived here, 1909 - 1910. English Heritage.
Don't get us wrong, we do like Hammersmith Bridge, but all his bridges look rather samey, don't they?
Unveiled by Alan Bennett in 2003. Bennett, an early member of the William Roberts Society, has lived in the area a long time and once a...
From an information board in the square: "Lord Asquith, who is better known as Mr Asquith, lived on the west side of Cavendish Square at ...
Third child of Queen Elizabeth II. Born Andrew Albert Christian Edward in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace. He joined the Royal Navy and saw active service as a helicopter pilot in the Falkla...
Sir Francis Galton, 1822-1911, explorer, statistician, founder of eugenics, lived here for fifty years.
Born in London. His piano-making father named him after Handel. Married briefly to Ellen Terry, many years his junior. 1886 married Mary Tytler. The statue 'Physical Energy' in Hyde Park is his. Le...
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