Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street, first set up his press by Shoe Lane near this Hall circa 1500.
The sun-burst was part of de Worde's printer's device - printed at the front or back of all books to identify the printer. Not sure we would describe Shoe Lane as being "near this Hall".
EC4, Stationers’ Hall Court
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
Printing pioneer. Born in Woerth, Alsace, and his modern name is a corruption...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
Initially a Guild of Stationers - booksellers who copied, decorated and sold ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Wynkyn de Worde
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has...
Our colleague Andrew Behan has done some research and found that Job H. Drain was living here with his family from about 1976 - at least ...
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't understand why this plaque excludes Augustine Webster who w...
By sheer chance we discovered and photographed this plaque on 4 May 2022, the day after it was unveiled.
We found these two plaques in the basement, near the lift and stairwell. Â There may be others elsewhere in the store - if you find any pl...
This temporary plaque (photo from GoWestLondon) was fixed near to the spot where the bench used in filming the opening credits for the te...
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