Plaque

Westminster Hall - More

Inscription

In this Hall Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, Speaker of the House of Commons, author of Utopia, was condemned to death, 1 July 1535.

Site: Westminster Hall floor plaques - main floor (9 memorials)

SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall

These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Hastings; Wentworth; More; Churchill; King Edward VII; Gladstone; King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; and King George V and Queen Mary.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - More

Subjects commemorated i

Sir Thomas More

Born Milk Street. In conflict with Henry VIII over religion he was imprisoned...

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - More

Also at this site i

Westminster Hall - Churchill

Winston Churchill lay in state here from the twenty seventh of January until ...

Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Here rested, from May 17 until interment at Windsor May 20 1910, Edward VII, ...

Westminster Hall - Gladstone

We were unfamiliar with the word 'sepulture'. In this context it means the ri...

Westminster Hall - Hastings

On this spot Warren Hastings stood his trial 1788 - 1795. He was acquitted o...

Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

His Majesty King George the Sixth lay in state here from the eleventh of Febr...

Show all 8

See other memorials in the area

Nearby Memorials

Roger Fenton

NW1, Albert Terrace, 2

English Heritage Roger Fenton, 1819 - 1869, photographer, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Gerard Manley Hopkins - NW3

NW3, Oak Hill Way, Oakhill House

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ, 1844 - 1889, priest and poet, lived in Oakhill Park 1852 - 1863. "The World is charged with the grandeur of Go...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

2012 Commemorations - Blackheath

SE3, Blackheath

The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackheath, but we cannot find any confirmation for this. 2024: W...

3 subjects commemorated

View on map

Ambulance Station

W1, Weymouth Mews

City of Westminster, 2001. Station 39 of the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service was located in Weymouth Mews where 200 volunteer ambulan...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

View on map

Robert Owen

WC1, Burton Place, 4

Robert Owen, 1771 - 1858, father of the Co-operative movement, lived here, 1832 - 1840. Marchmont Association One Housing

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators

View on map

Previously viewed

William Woodward

Parishioner of St James Upper Edmonton killed in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

William Hutchinson

Aged 7.

Person

War dead non-military, WW2

1 memorial

Harry Vardon

Golfer. Born Henry William Vardon in Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands. He won the British Open championship six times, the U.S. Open in 1900 and the German Open in 1911. He is remembered for his ...

Person, Sport / Games, Channel Islands, Germany, USA

1 memorial

Dick Emery

Actor and comedian. Born University College Hospital, Bloomsbury. 'The Dick Emery Show' ran for twenty years, 1963 - 83, with his catch-phrase, 'Oh, you are awful!' Died Denmark Hill, London.

Person, Humour, TV & Radio

1 memorial

Charles Holden

Architect. Born Bolton. c.1897 he moved to London and worked briefly for C. R. Ashbee. 1899 he moved to H. Percy Adams' practice where he stayed for the rest of his career. c.1906 moved to Harmer G...

Person, Architecture

13 memorials