Trinity House blue plaque

“The Trinity House incorporated by Charter by Henry VIII in 1514 Trinity House is the general lighthouse authority for England, Wales and the Channel Islands A deep sea pilotage authority and also administers charitable funds mostly connected with seafarers The first Tinity House was at Deptford and then at Ratcliff and Stepney in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1660 Trinity House moved to Water Lane, off Eastcheap, the building being destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and subsequently rebuilt. It was again destroyed by fire in 1715 and the Corporation then moved to the present site in 1795. Trinity House was partially destroyed by enemy action in 1940 and rebuilt in 1953”