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Plaque

St James's Piccadilly - parish offices

Erection date: 1956

Inscription

AD DEI GLORIAM SALUTEM POPULI POST BELLI INCENDIA REFECTAE SURREXERUNT AEDES
AD MCMLVI
NISI DOMINUS AEDIF

{This Latin translates as:
To the glory of the people's safety after the fire of the war the buildings were rebuilt AD 1956. Built by the Lord.}

Site: St James's Piccadilly - rectory (1 memorial)

W1, Piccadilly, Parish Offices

The building on Piccadilly, to the east of the church garden, is the Parish Offices. The plaque is in the broken pediment above the door.

From a we understand that this building is on the site of the rectory which was destroyed in WW2 bombing, on 14 October 1940. The verger and his wife died in the attack.

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