The original Austin Friars monestery dates from about 1250. In 1550 Edward VI granted Protestant refugees from the Netherlands permission to establish a church here, the first Dutch Protestant church in the world. Destroyed in WW2.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First Dutch church, Austin Friars
Commemorated ati
Austin Friars & the Queens
To commemorate the visit by Their Majesties Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Beat...
Dutch Church
HKH Irene Prinses der Nederlanden, legde de eerste steen van dit Kerkgebouw d...
Other Subjects
Thomas Goodwin, DD
Non-conformist minister. Born Norfolk. Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Rev. Richard Carr Kirkpatrick
Priest. Founder of St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, and first vicar there: 1870 - 1907. From St Augustine's Church website: "Richard Carr Kirkpatrick was the son of an Irish landowner and a friend ...
1 memorial
Oscar Romero
Roman Catholic archbishop in El Salvador, assassinated.
1 memorial
Alexander MacLaren
Baptist preacher. Born Glasgow. President of the Baptist Union, 1875-6 and 1901-2. Died Edinburgh.
1 memorial
Roger Bacon
Philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born Somerset. An early proponent of the modern scientific method. He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.
1 memorial