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The Great Conduit lies beneath this spot.
Built by the City of London in 1245 to provide public water supplied by pipe from Tyburn Springs.
Removed after the Great Fire in 1666 and found during the construction of One Poultry in 1994.
EC2, Cheapside, Tescos
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - stone
In 1236/7 the City of London was granted permission to tap the Tyburn Springs...
Started on a Sunday morning. After 4 days the destruction included: - an area...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - stone
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Great Conduit in Cheapside - stone
The Great Conduit stood in this street providing free water, 13th century to ...
When we published this in January 2012 we asked for help in naming the sculptor. Mick has kindly contacted us himself, and October 2012,...
Edvard Grieg, 1843 - 1907, Norwegian composer, stayed here when performing in London. English HeritageÂ
Westminster City Council Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, 1859 - 1930, worked and wrote here in 1891. Arthur Conan Doyle Society
Believed to be the first WW1 memorial erected on a public highway. At first sight just a simple stone cross on a plinth, but the whole ba...
Trinity Chapel This stone was laid by Sir Francis Lycett J.P. April 20th 1871. The first chapel commenced by the aid of a fund to promo...
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