Plaque

Old Church Garden - burials

Inscription

Some notable people buried here.
1630 Edward Forset, Lord of the Manor
1644 Sir Edmund Douce, Cupbearer to 2 Queens
1668 Dame Francis Howland
1695 Claudius de Crespigny and his wife
1708 Maria de Vierville, French refugees
1726 Humphrey Wanley, librarian
1734 James Figg, pugilist
1754 James Gibbs, architect
1769 Edmond Hoyle, writer on games
1770 John Rysbrack, sculptor
1774 John Allen, royal apothecary
1776 James Ferguson, astronomer
1784 Allan Ramsay, painter
1788 Charles Wesley, divine
1796 Stephen Storace, composer
1806 George Stubbs, painter
1809 3rd Duke of Portland, Lord of the Manor
1814 Caroline Watson, engraver

The right-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

Site: Old St Marylebone Parish Church Garden (5 memorials)

W1, Marylebone High Street

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Old Church Garden - burials

Subjects commemorated i

John Allen

Royal apothecary

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William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Lord of the Manor. William Bentinck. Tory Prime Minister in 1783 and 1807-09....

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Claudius de Crespigny

French refugee, husband of Maria de Vierville.

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Maria de Vierville

French refugee, wife of Claudius de Crespigny.

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Sir Edmund Douce

Cupbearer to 2 queens

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Old Church Garden - burials

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Old Church Garden - Alfred Coucher

Old Church Garden - Alfred Coucher

On the curved wall at the entrance to the garden.

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Old Church Garden - facts

Old Church Garden - facts

The left-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

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Old Church Garden - site

Old Church Garden - site

The middle of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

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Old Church Garden - Wesley tomb

Old Church Garden - Wesley tomb

We don't normally include graves but since this has been moved it is now eff...

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Nearby Memorials

Islington war memorial arch - foundation stone at the left

Islington war memorial arch - foundation stone at the left

N7, Manor Gardens

The two plaques refer to the construction of the new Royal Northern Hospital Casualty Department, July - November 1923. The building itse...

1 subject commemorated
William Thomas Du Boulay

William Thomas Du Boulay

SW10, Gilston Road, 43

It is known (from British History On-line) that in 1912 properties in Gilston Road were renumbered, but the details are not given. One ca...

1 subject commemorated
Marc Bolan shrine - plaque - Currie

Marc Bolan shrine - plaque - Currie

SW13, Queen's Ride

This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today.  The steps were probably i...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Pepys - Stew Lane

Pepys - Stew Lane

EC4, Stew Lane

This page of Pepys' Diary is given at The Diary of Samuel Pepys with lots of explanatory links.

9 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Bruce Bairnsfather

Bruce Bairnsfather

SW7, Sterling Street, 1

Greater London Council Bruce Bairnsfather, 1888 - 1959, cartoonist, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator