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Saint Ethelburga / Aethelburh

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Founder and Abbess of Barking. Probably used the manor in what is now Battersea Park. Sister of Saint Erkenwald. Died after 686.

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Saint Ethelburga / Aethelburh

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Millennium Cross at Battersea manor

The Batterea 'manor' at this time was an area mainly laid out as strip fields...

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Croydon Palace

Croydon Palace

The summer residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury. The Manor of Croydon was connected with Canterbury from at least the late Saxon period, and records of buildings date back to before 960. The ...

Building, Architecture, Religion

1 memorial
Bernard William Griffin

Bernard William Griffin

Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop of Westminster 1943 - his death. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1946. His twin, Basil, was a monk. The photo shows him in 1953.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Saint Erkenwald

Saint Erkenwald

Saint. Also known as Ercenwald, Earconwald, Eorcenwald and Erconwald. Born at Lindsey, Lincolnshire. He helped establish two Benedictine abbeys; Chertsey Abbey for men and Barking Abbey for women. ...

Person, Religion

2 memorials
German Lutheran church in London

German Lutheran church in London

The history of the German Lutheran Church in London began in earnest  with many craftsmen from Hamburg coming here after the Great Fire of 1666 to help in the rebuilding. They were granted the site...

Group, Religion

2 memorials
Prebendary Wilson Carlile

Prebendary Wilson Carlile

Born Brixton. In 1882 founded the Church Army, an evangelical organisation aimed at the poor in London and then during WW1 among the troops in France. Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. Known as "t...

Person, Religion

1 memorial