The weather vane depicts a grid-iron, the instrument used for the torture which led to the martyrdom of St Lawrence. The shaft supporting the grid-iron is apparently part of the WW2 incendiary bomb which caused the church to be burnt out.
EC2, Guildhall Yard, St Lawrence Jewry
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church st...
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Lawrence Jewry - weather vane
St Lawrence Jewry St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelft...
{Inscribed on the main stone plaque:} 1914 - 1918 In memory of the officers...
Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, 1865 - 1922, newspaper founder and editor, lived here, 1870 - 1873. Erected by the Heath and Hampste...
1854 - 1954 This plaque was unveiled on 29th May 1954 to commemorate the centenary of Paddington Station, designed and built by Isambard ...
In 1747 these gates and railings were purchased for this church from Cannons Edgware, the seat of James, first Duke of Chandos, friend an...
Greater London Council Charles Townley, 1737 - 1805, antiquary and collector, lived here.
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