LONDON CITY

Andrew Brian Hickman wrote in message
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The Monument?

Mind you, bearing in mind I was the guffin who mixed up Aldwych and Aldgate,
I may mean Marble Arch (but I dont).

:-)

--
Brian
This isnt the longest day of the year: it just feels like it

Brian Watson wrote


It is a (statue of a) person.

In article , Andrew Brian
Hickman writes
It is a plaque just to the South of the statue of Charles I (by le Suer)
at the Northern end of Whitehall.

That is considered to be the centre of London as opposed to The City
(which obviously its not in, being in Westminster!).

Just to confuse matters, distances used to be measured from the London
Stone, possibly an ancient Roman Milestone in Cannon Street (yes, in
The City!). You can still se that through a grille in the wall of the
Commercial Bank of China, opposite Cannon Street Station.
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

Ian Jelf wrote



I think we had this discussion before.

I had (recently) tried to view a web site (no proof
it was any more correct than I) that supported
what I was saying, 404 message.