William Penn, quaker, born on Tower Hill, baptised in + All Hallows Church, 23rd Oct: 1644, founder of Pennsylvania.
EC3, Byward Street, All Hallows by the Tower
For information about the church, including a good range of photographs see A London Inheritance.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Penn
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