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Golden Boy
Address: Giltspur Street and Cock Lane , London EC1A 9DE, XGL, GB
State: XGL
City: London
Zip Code: EC1A 9DE

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Spending almost three weeks in London going to & fro Guy's, l needed things to look at. I found the little golden boy of pye corner. It was the finishing point of the Great Fire of London. It's amazing to find just how far it spread as it's further than St Paul's Cathedral. What with the Great Fire of London memorial, St Paul's & this statue, it was a great part of our history.
Another hidden delight in London. It pays to look up at the buildings as you walk around...hidden treasures can be found. Very topical statute/monument given the obesity rate. Makes you wonder if that is where the expression "who ate all the pies" originated!!
At the corner of Cock Lane seriously and Giltspur Street this a golden statue of a child. The statue is a a small child, plump and naked in his birthday suit. Under the statue there is also a plaque inscribed with the words "This boy is in memory put up for the late fire of London Occasioned by the sin of gluttony 1666". The statue is easy to miss. Look up for a bit of fun in London.
Our very own Maneken Pis - marking sorry the limit of the Great Fire of London. Took a bit of wandering around to find it but it was a sunny day and stumbled across the "oranges and lemons" bells along the way!Visited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo
Nice little oddity marking the point at which the Great Fire of London came to an end.
Always look up when you are wandering around London! On the corner of Cock Lane and Giltspur Street. Beautiful golden chubby cherub like child with folded arms in an alcove high up above the street. Beneath it on the wall is a stone plaque with it's history. Originally erected on to a pub on the same site and attributed to the sin and gluttony that was supposed to be the cause of The Great Fire of London 1666. This is where the fire ceased. The pub called The Fortunes of War was famous for it's back room which housed cadavers purloined by bodysnatchers. The landlord arranged the cadavers on benches around the walls with the names of the bodysnatchers. So that the surgeon's of St Bart's Hospital could appraise them for the purposes of teaching student Dr's and Surgeons. In close proximity to Bart's Pathology Museum, Central Criminal Court Old Bailey, Museum of London, St Paul's Cathedral, St Sepulchre's Church, London's first drinking fountain, Temple Church, Barbican and The River Thames, The Millennium Bridge, etc. Nearest stations are Temple, Blackfriars, Mansion House, St Paul's, and City Thameslink.
Unremarkable gold-coloured figure of a plump child showing the extent of The Great Fire of 1666. A plump figure was used to show that the population believed it was caused by the sin of gluttony.
Easily missed due to elevation but never forgotten, we went back 4 times, gluttenous for more ;
A pedant writes: this is not THE place that the Great Fire stopped. It is A place. It marked one of the extremities of the fire zone.
Another little treasure of London
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