One of the branches of Protestant Christianity. Modern Baptist churches trace their history to the English Separatist movement in the 1600s.
Not to be confused with the Old Baptist Union.
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Newington Green Unitarian Church
A Grade II listed building. It is one of England's oldest Unitarian churches, and belongs to the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. It is known as 'the birthplace of feminis...
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Rev. Edward Birch
Researching a plaque about West Hackney National Schools we did not expect to find the supposed straight-laced Victorians gleefully publishing a pamphlet giving the details brought out in the trial...
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German Evangelical Church Sydenham
Founded by wealthy German businessmen and artisans who left the City of London for the relative peace of Forest Hill. Temporary accommodation was used from 1875 until this pictured church was bu...
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All Saints church Poplar
The Poplar Vestry acquired a plot of land occupied by a house, garden and field. Here was built a parish church with adjoining graveyard and rectory. The church with the rectory immediately to the ...
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Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
This was not actually the first synagogue built after the Jews returned to England in the 17th century, that was the synagogue at Creechurch Lane. The Duke's Place Great Synagogue was constructed ...
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River Tyburn
Covered over in 1750 but still running, underground from Hampstead to Westminster. One of its sources is at Shepherd's Well. Diamond Geezer has tracked the entire course. LondonMyLondon shows it,...
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William Brite
Second Lieutenant William Oswald Brite was born on 8 May 1916, the elder child of James Madison Brite (1894-1965) and Ruth Hazel Brite née Pillow (1896-1936), in Posey County, Indiana, USA. He att...
War dead, WW2
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Michelangelo
Sculptor, painter, architect and poet.
Person, Architecture, Art, Engineering, Poetry, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, Italy
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Robert McCurrey
Son of James & Margaret McCurrey. Left a legacy towards the cost of the hall for the Chelsea Temperance Society. See his parents' page for some more info.
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Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Our picture shows Queen Elizabeth II in the River Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant which took place in the cold and pouring rain on 3 June. Diamond represents 60 years.
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