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...
The Queen was busy that day in 1869, opening two bridges, the other being Holborn Viaduct.
The plaque is between the two notices on the white wall.
The plaque is in the pavement - the man in our photo will walk over it in about 3 strides.
The Automobile Association opened its first office in this building in the year 1905. This plaque was unveiled on the 28th June 1965 by ...
The Belcher plaque is on the stone in the foreground of our photo, and the St Mark's cairn and WW2 memorials behind it.
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