On this site lived two famous clockmakers, Thomas Tompion, F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking", 1638 - 1713 and George Graham, F.R.S., 1673 - 1751. Both buried in Westminster Abbey.
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:
Clockmakers
Horologist (clockmaker), maker of scientific instruments, inventor, and geoph...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Clockmakers
On this site in the years 1844-1846 were situated the London offices of the A...
Edgar Allan Poe's maternal grandparents performed as actors at this theatre, which explains the Society's involvement in this plaque.
The plaque is around the corner, visible from Highshore Road.
In our photo the plaque can be seen to the left of the pale blue street sign. There is an identical plaque at the other end of the subway.
We believe Toynbee is now (2014) part of One Housing but mergers in the housing association world are frequent and confusing.
There are 10 memorials in this area around the the war memorial building in our photo. The two pier heads are to the right of the buildin...
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