St. Mary's Conduit slate plaque

This slate commemorative plaque records: St. Mary's Conduit Set up by the inhabitants of the South Ward of the city and supplied with water in 1540 Believed to have been built from fragments of the Whitefriars which formerly stood on the site of St Marks station

St. Mary's Conduit, established in 1540, provided a vital public water supply for the South Ward of the city and was constructed using materials from the dissolved Whitefriars monastery, reflecting the religious changes and urban development of the period.