Sunday 26 October 2014

St Mary Aldermanbury Garden

Situated in Love Lane on the site of St Mary Aldermanbury church, which was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was rebuilt afterwards by Wren and then gutted during the Blitz. The remaining walls were transported to Fulton, Missouri and rebuilt as a College memorial to Sir Winston Churchill.


Also in the gardens is a monument, topped by a bust of William Shakespeare to John Hemminge and Henry Condell, who were his co partners at the Globe theatre and were responsible for producing the first editions of his plays.


In the grounds is a Swamp Cypress tree, which stands adjacent to the Wood Street Police Station horse stables.


Notable people buried here - Judge Jeffrey's, known as the 'hanging judge'








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