Bermondsey Abbey
The Cluniac (Benedictine) Priory of St Saviour at Bermondsey occupied ground between Bermondsey Street, Abbey Street and Grange Walk. Founded in 1082 it flourished from the 12th to 15th century. This plaque marks the site of the Abbey Church.
SE1, Tower Bridge Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bermondsey Abbey
Benedictine Priory of St Saviour at Bermondsey occupied ground between presen...
Mehndi is the use of henna to decorate hands etc. in India and neighbouring countries. It is used particularly by women for festive occas...
Camden Passage (link now dead) had a picture of the unveiling by Poet Laureate Betjeman and church dignitaries. 2015: For their excelle...
Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895, American social reformer, author, orator and statesman, stayed in a house on this site, 1846. Embassy of ...
Major Allan H Beckett MBE RE (1914 - 2005) lived here (1919 - 1939). His engineering designs made the Mulberry Harbour and the D-Day land...
This plaque was brought to our attention by Londonist, of course. Why the plaque is on this particular house remains a mystery. It's been...
Benny Hill, 1922-1992, comedian, lived here 1960-1986, The Dead Comics Society.
