The burial place of the heart of Roesia of Dover, great great grand-daughter of the founder of this abbey Richard de Lucy.
SE2, Abbey Road, Lesnes Abbey ruins
The plaque is in the middle of the rear wall.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Roesia of Dover
Born in Lucé, near Domfront, Normandy, his name is also spelt 'de Luci'. He i...
Great great grand-daughter of Richard de Lucy, founder of Lesnes Abbey. All t...
Pronounced Lez-ness. Founded by Richard de Lucy, as a penance for his role in...
A beautiful, hand-crafted plaque - not just the frame, the gold lettering has some lovely touches - see the "LO" of "glory" and the way t...
In our photo the Hamilton plaque is on the wall just to the left of the left-most bollard; the Winant plaque is one of the three white pl...
The piers on either side of the path look like gate-posts but there's no evidence of any gates ever having been attached. Each of the pie...
The dates on the plaque differ from those usually given: date of birth varies but date of death is normally given as 26 October 899. We c...
Here lived Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, from 1839 - 1873.
