Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street, first set up his press by Shoe Lane near this Hall circa 1500.
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front or back of all books to identify the printer. Not sure we would describe Shoe Lane as being "near this Hall".
EC4, Stationers’ Hall Court
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
Initially a Guild of Stationers - booksellers who copied, decorated and sold ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
Historic Site City Pesthouse. Built here in open fields 1593. Used during the Great Plague 1665. Demolished 1736. London Borough of ...
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
The designer of the building clearly had the 'citadel' concept in mind. Strangely, some of these foundation plaques have had their inscri...
You can see three of these memorials in our photo of the church. The fourth, the plaque to Garvin, is on the east-facing wall to the left...
The plaque is in this passageway close to the entrance photographed. The sculpture panel is further in, attached to the wall on the left...
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