Golden Boy of Pye Corner

It marks the spot where the 1666 Great Fire of London was stopped, whereas the Monument indicates the place where it started.

The statue of a naked boy is made of wood and is covered with gold;[citation needed] the figure was formerly winged.

He 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.

"The Fortune of War" was the chief house of call north of the river for resurrectionists in body snatching days.

Years ago the landlord used to show the room where on benches round the walls the bodies were placed labelled with the snatchers' names, waiting till the surgeons at Saint Bartholomew's could run round and appraise them.