On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the Anti-Corn-Law League with which John Bright and Richard Cobden were so closely associated.
EC4, Fleet Street, 69
The ACLL plaque is on the wall to the left, hidden by the wall-mounted No Entry sign.
Note: despite their appearance, neither of these two plaques bears the name ‘Corporation of the City of London’.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anti-Corn Law League
Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn...
Politician. Â Worked closely with Richard Cobden in the campaign for the repea...
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Anti-Corn Law League
Plaque-wise this is a busy little corner. Just to the south of this plaque there are three other mildly interesting, non-memorial, plaque...
The George The George was founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Forme...
Unveiled by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley. Behind this plaque is an interesting detective story, related in Dr Ruth Richardson's book: 'Dicke...
There are 8 Courts running off the north side of this section of Fleet Street and on the ground at the entrance to each Court is a plaque...
Bragansas This two-dimensional form is a bragansa, a Cognate word which can be crudely translated as "spirit door" or "tombshadow," but r...
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