Golden Boy of Pye Corner

Golden Boy of Pye Corner

The Golden Boy of Pye Corner is located on the corner of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane in Smithfield, London.

This was erected where the Great Fire of London (1666) stopped. The following inscription tells the story.

This Boy is in Memmory Put up for the late FIRE of LONDON Occasion'd by the Sin of Gluttony.

The statue 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.


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