The Golden Boy of Pye Corner

The Golden Boy of Pye Corner (HM23OC)

Location: London, England EC1A Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
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N 51° 31.034', W 0° 6.089'

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The Boy at Pye Corner was erected to commemorate the staying of the Great
Fire which beginning at Pudding Lane was ascribed to the Sin of Gluttony
when not attributed to the papists as on the monument and the Boy was
made prodigiously fat to enforce the moral He was originally built into the
front of a public-house called 'The Fortune of War' which used to occupy
this site and was pulled down in 1910

'The Fortune of War' was the chief house of call north of the river for resurrectionists in body snatching days years ago The landlord used to show the room where on benches round the walls the bodies were placed, labelled with the snatchers' names waiting till the surgeons at Saint Bartholomew's could run round and appraise them
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HM NumberHM23OC
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Date Added Monday, December 11th, 2017 at 4:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)30U E 701098 N 5711329
Decimal Degrees51.51723333, -0.10148333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 51° 31.034', W 0° 6.089'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds51° 31' 2.0399999999999" N, 0° 6' 5.34" W
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Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 32 Cock Ln, London England EC1A, GB
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