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Apologies for the delayed answer – and well done to Janet Homes – this indeed part of the inscription on the plinth of a monument topped by a bust of Baron Paul Julius von Reuter. The work of Michael Black, the granite bust was created in 1976 in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Reuters news agency that started at No. 1 Royal Exchange Buildings on 14th October, 1851, close to where the monument stands just outside the east entrance of the Royal Exchange.

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Sorry for the delay in providing the answer! Well done to James and Runner – while there are a number of similar weathervanes around London, this one does indeed sit atop the Liberty department store. Located above the mock Tudor store in Great Marlborough Street, the gilded weathervane is modelled on the Mayflower which took pilgrims to America in 1620. Interestingly, the nautical theme also employed during construction of the building in the 1920s – timbers from the HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan were used in the project, the frontage of which was the same length of the HMS Hindustan. For more, see www.liberty.co.uk.

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Well done to David Harry – this is indeed on the front of the Foundling Museum in Bloomsbury and is a bust of the Foundling Hospital’s founder Thomas Coram. For more Coram, see our previous Famous Londoners post.

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Apologies for the delay in getting the answer up. But the answer is that this can be found on a monument outside an entrance to the Royal Park of Bushy Park located in Hampton Wick, in London’s west. The monument is erected to the memory of a Hampton Wick shoemaker, Timothy Bennet, who led a campaign to establish a public right of way through the park which in 1752 had been enclosed by Lord Halifax. Bennet, whose business had been adversely affected by the enclosure, won his bid to have the footpath created (he died two years later) and Cobbler’s Walk still exists, running from Sandy Lane in Hampton Wick through the park to High Street in Hampton Hill. Thanks Timothy Bennet!

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Well done to Sean, Carol and Candy – this is indeed in College Hill, just up from the church of St Michael Paternoster Royal. The famous Whittington (you can read more on him in our earlier entry Famous Londoners: Richard ‘Dick’ Whittington) was buried in the church (you can read more about the church in our earlier entry 10 curiously named churches of London – 9. St Michael Paternoster Royal).

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Well done to Candy Blackham, this is indeed the St Peter’s Church, Vere Street, also known variously as the Oxford Chapel and the Marylebone Chapel. Designed by James Gibbs in 1722, it was originally built as a chapel of ease to supplement the parish church of Marylebone and later served the congregation of All Souls Church, Langham Place, while damage to their chapel caused during the war was repaired. It now houses the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity.

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Well done to Jameson, this lighthouse sculpture does indeed adorn a building at 42 Moorgate. It has been suggested that the lighthouse, which apparently did once work, was the symbol of The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Ltd, the original occupant of the building. As Jameson points out, if you do want to know more, there is a terrific article on the sculpture here.

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Congrats to Carol Stanley – this statue is located in St George’s Gardens (a formal burial ground located near Coram’s Fields, famous for containing the tomb of Oliver Cromwell’s grand-daughter Anna Gibson). The terracotta figure is of Euterpe, the muse of instrumental music, and, interestingly it (and eight others) once adorned the facade of the Apollo Inn on Tottenham Court Road (the building was demolished in 1961 and the statue subsequently found its way here). For more on these gardens, check out www.friendsofstgeorgesgardens.org.uk.

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The leaf shape was probably a bit of a giveaway but well done to Val – this is indeed located in Kew Gardens. It’s on the wall of the Rhizotron, located under the Xstrata Treetop Walkway, which takes people underground to see the relationships between tree roots, oil and organisms such as nematodes, beetles, woodlice and bacteria. For more on Kew, see www.kew.org.

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It did indeed prove to be a bit harder this week! This decoration can be found on the south side of the exterior of Hampton Court Palace – the clue is in the intertwined initials W and M, standing for King William III and Queen Mary II. The joint monarchs commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to rebuild the entire palace but finances and time meant he only rebuilt the king’s and queen’s apartments which can be visited there today. For more on the palace, see www.hrp.org.uk/HamptonCourtPalace/WilliamandMarybuildanewpalace.