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UK, England, City of London Corporation Historical Markers

This series is for the display of the approximately 160 blue porcelain plaques erected by Corporation of the City of London. Not intended for other, interpretive-type markers that they also put out.
 
By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 15, 2017
Furnival's Inn Marker - Wide View
1 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, Camden, Holborn — Furnival's Inn —
Site of Furnival's Inn Demolished 1897 — — Map (db m111294) HM
2 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Aldersgate —
Site of Aldersgate demolished 1761 — — Map (db m117103) HM
3 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Aldgate —
Site of Aldgate Demolished 1760 — — Map (db m299024) HM
4 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Bradbury & Evans —
Site of Bradbury & Evans Printer and Publisher of Dickens and Thackeray 1847 - 1900 — — Map (db m111139) HM
5 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Christ's Hospital —
Site of Christ's Hospital 1552-1902 — — Map (db m120770) HM
6 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Cooks Hall —
Site of Cooks Hall Destroyed by Fire 1771 — — Map (db m120814) HM
7 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Dr. Samuel Johnson —
In a house on this site Doctor Samuel Johnson lived between 1765-1776 — — Map (db m120741) HM
8 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Elizabeth Fry —
Mrs. Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845 Prison Reformer lived here 1800 to 1809 — — Map (db m298736) HM
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9 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — First Bethlehem Hospital —
Site Of The First Bethlehem Hospital 1247 — 1676 — — Map (db m117260) HM
10 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — French Protestant Church —
Site of the French Protestant Church Demolished 1888 — — Map (db m117111) HM
11 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — General Letter Office —
Near this spot the General Letter Office stood in Post House Yard 1653-1666 Here were struck in 1661 the first postmarks in the world — — Map (db m298259) HM
12 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Giltspur Street Compter —
Site of the Giltspur Street Compter Demolished 1854 — — Map (db m111142) HM
13 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Gregory de Rokesley —
In a house on this site lived Gregory de Rokesley eight times Mayor of London 1274 — 1281 and 1285 — — Map (db m121569) HM
14 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Grey Friars Monastery —
Site of Grey Friars Monastery 1225-1538 — — Map (db m120791) HM
15 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Holy Trinity Priory —
Site of the Priory of the Holy Trinity Founded 1108 — — Map (db m299103) HM
16 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — John Bray's House —
Adjoining this site stood the house of John Bray Scene of Charles Wesley's Evangelical Conversion May 21st 1738 — — Map (db m116542) HM
17 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — John Milton —
The Poet and Statesman John Milton was born 1608 in Bread Street — — Map (db m116489) HM
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18 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Ludgate —
Site of Ludgate Demolished 1760 — — Map (db m121271) HM
19 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Mary Harris Smith FCA —
Near this site stood the office of Mary Harris Smith FCA the world's first female chartered accountant 1844-1934 — — Map (db m298264) HM
20 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Northumberland House —
Site of Northumberland House — — Map (db m116853) HM
21 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Poulters' Hall —
Near this spot stood Poulters' Hall 1630-1666 — — Map (db m111146) HM
22 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Royal College of Physicians —
Site of the Royal College of Physicians 1674 - 1825 — — Map (db m111145) HM
23 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Samuel Pepys —
In a house on this site Samuel Pepys, Diarist, was born. 1632-1703 — — Map (db m111178) HM
24 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St Gabriel Fenchurch —
In the Roadway opposite stood St Gabriel Fenchurch Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666 — — Map (db m121554) HM
25 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St Mark's Hospital —
Site of St Mark's Hospital Founded by Frederick Salmon 1835 — — Map (db m117125) HM
26 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St Mary Woolchurch —
Site of St Mary Woolchurch Haw — — Map (db m298977) HM
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27 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St Mildred’s Church —
Site of St Mildred’s Church Demolished 1872 — — Map (db m298931) HM
28 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St Paul's School —
Near this spot from 1512 until 1884 stood St. Paul's School Founded by Dean Colet — — Map (db m111149) HM
29 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St. Leonard Eastcheap —
Site of St. Leonard Eastcheap Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666 — — Map (db m121552) HM
30 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St. Margaret Fish Street Hill —
Opposite this site stood St. Margaret Fish Street Hill Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666 — — Map (db m121551) HM
31 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — St. Thomas the Apostle Church —
Site of St Thomas the Apostle Church Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666 — — Map (db m121663) HM
32 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Stocks Market —
Adjoining this spot stood the Stocks Market 1282 — 1737 — — Map (db m121620) HM
33 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — The Bull and Mouth Inn —
Site of the Bull and Mouth Inn Demolished 1888 — — Map (db m116785) HM
34 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — The Daily Courant —
In a house near this site was published in 1702 The Daily Courant first London daily newspaper. — — Map (db m116510) HM
35 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — The Grand Lodge of English Freemasons —
Near this site the Grand Lodge of English Freemasons first met in 1717 — — Map (db m117354) HM
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36 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — The Great Synagogue Dukes Place —
The Great Synagogue Dukes Place, a constituent of the United Synagogue, stood on the site adjoining from 1690 and served the community continuously until it was destroyed in September 1941 in World War II ק"ק . . . — — Map (db m298916) HM
37 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — The Samaritans —
In St. Stephen Walbrook on 2 November 1953 The Samaritans were founded by Dr. Chad Varah Rector 1953 - 2003 — — Map (db m121621) HM
38 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Thomas Hood —
In a house on this site Thomas Hood was born 23rd May 1799 — — Map (db m298622) HM
39 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Tylers’ and Bricklayers’ Hall —
On this site stood Tylers’ and Bricklayers’ Hall 1538-1883 — — Map (db m299095) HM
40 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — Upholders' Hall —
Site of Upholders' Hall Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666 — — Map (db m116406) HM
41 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London — William Shakespeare —
William Shakespeare had lodgings near here in 1604, at the house of Christopher and Mary Mountjoy — — Map (db m115310) HM
42 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London, Barbican — Coachmakers' Hall —
Site of the Coachmakers' Hall 1703-1940 — — Map (db m116544) HM
43 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London, Barbican — Cripplegate —
Site of Cripplegate Demolished 1760 — — Map (db m120081) HM
44 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London, Temple — City of London School for Girls —
Site of the City of London School for Girls founded by William Ward 1894-1969 — — Map (db m116573) HM
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45 ► United Kingdom, England, Greater London, City of London, Temple — Mitre Tavern —
Site of The Mitre Tavern — — Map (db m116405) HM
 
 
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