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
Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania. Born in the Liberty of the Tower. ...
Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849, writer and poet, was a pupil at the Manor House School (1817 - 1820), which stood on this site. London Boro...
'Blow-up' bridge At 3am on 2 October 1874, the boat 'Tilbury', carrying gunpowder to a quarry in the Midlands, exploded, demolishing the ...
Guglielmo Marconi, 1874 - 1937, the pioneer of wireless communication, lived here in 1896 - 1897. London County Council
In a house on this site, the "Swan & Hoop", John Keats, poet, was born, 1795. The Corporation of the City of London
Festival of Britain 1951, 3rd May - 3rd November, site of the Festival Pleasure Gardens 2011. Wandsworth Council
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