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ANIMAL STATUES IN LONDON 3

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  Animal Statues in London 3 Bermondsey Jacob, The Circle Dray Horse       Now dominated by swish apartments, The Circle, Elizabeth Street, was where the Courage Brewery dray horses were stabled from the early nineteenth century. The statue of Jacob was flown over London to Elizabeth Street by helicopter in 1987 to launch the new development.      In the sixteenth century this part of Bermondsey was known as Horsleydown which was derived from horse-lie-down. Horses rested here before heading over London Bridge to work in the City of London.       The Bermondsey Lion is the centrepiece of The Blue, Bermondsey's central market place; it has been here for over two hundred years.       Woman with Greyhound by Anthony Weller is in nearby Avondale Square. It was commissioned in 1962 to mark the redevelopment of one of the City of London's largest housing estates. Tate Britain       No, this isn't the ancient ...
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ANIMAL STATUES IN LONDON 2

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Animal Statues in London 2 Poplar      This grade II listed sculpture is all that is left of the White Horse tavern which stood, from 1690, at the western end of Poplar High Street. It was demolished in 2003 and replaced by a block of flats.      From 1745, respected businessman James How and his wife were landlords of the White Horse. But in 1766, on her deathbed, Mrs How confessed to a friend that her husband was actually a woman. James How was subsequently blackmailed and eventually decided to take the extortionists to court. For three decades How had been accepted as a man by the people of Poplar; so there was quite a scene when he  turned up on the opening day of the trial in a dress and revealed his real identity was Mary East. Mary won the case but was obliged to give up the pub and resign from the civic positions she held as a man. However, she was allowed to keep her business fortune and  lived the rest of her life comfortably as a woman....
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