The says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." thinks (and we agree with him) that this lamp, at the centre of a sort of armillary sphere, is inspired by that lamp from over 200 years ago.
EC4, Crane Court
The met at the north end of Crane Court from 1710-80, that's the end behind our camera. Â
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crane Court - Royal Society
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Kno...
This very unusual item was brought to our attention by an information board in nearby West Square. Apparently horses need to scratch for...
Clive Bell as Bacchus, god of wine, parties, the theatre and general fun/mayhem. That long stick he's holding is a thyrsus - symbol of of...
This gate leads into a much overgrown graveyard which contains a modern information board: "St Leonard’s Priory was founded in the 11th ...
The text comes from a small brass plaque in the blind window below the lamp.
In the back garden of the pub so we've no idea how we spotted it. But once we had we couldn't not collect it - very unusual.
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