Great Fire Memorial

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  • Address
    cnr Cock Lane and Giltspur St, St Paul's, EC1A 9BU
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Barbican

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Lonely Planet review

This statue of a corpulent boy has a rather odd dedication: 'In memory put up for the fire of London occasioned by the sin of gluttony 1666'. All becomes clear when you realise the Great Fire was started in a busy bakery. The Fortune of War tavern once stood on this site, and 'resurrectionists' brought corpses here to be sold to surgeons.