Building    From 1215 

St Margaret's Barking

Categories: Religion

Church. Originally a small chapel built outside the walls of Barking Abbey.  Altered and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. Captain Cook was married here in 1762.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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St Margaret's Barking

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Barking Abbey

Barking Abbey Was founded by St Erkenwald in the year 666. Destroyed by the D...

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Jireh Chapel, Hanbury Street

Jireh Chapel, Hanbury Street

A group of Baptists moved into the building 1845/1846 and occupied it, with its new name, but by 1852 they had disbanded.

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Bradbury

Thomas Bradbury

Non-conformist minister.  Born Yorkshire. One of his daughters married a brother of Richard Winter. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
St Alphage Church

St Alphage Church

Escaped the Great Fire. Demolished and rebuilt in 1774-7. Unused it was demolished in 1923 leaving part of the tower and the porch but then that was badly burnt in WW2. There is a related ruin jus...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Miss A. Welbelove

Miss A. Welbelove

Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester

John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester

Born Yorkshire.  Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England.  Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, Religion

2 memorials