The oldest church in the City, founded by the Saxon Abbey of Barking. Built on the site of a Roman building. Expanded and rebuilt several times. A nearby explosion in 1650 demolished the west tower. During the Great Fire of 1666 William Penn's father arranged for the surrounding buildings to be demolished to act as a fire break and so saved the church and Pepys used it as a vantage point from which to view the conflagration. In 1940 the church was badly damaged by bombs with only the tower and walls remaining. The reconstruction work completed in 1957. William Penn was baptised here. John Adams was married here. It is an interesting church to visit. Church's website.
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All Hallows, Barking
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Tower Liberty
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David Nasmith
Mission founder. Born Glasgow. Set up numerous missions mainly in cities, travelling to Ireland the United States, Canada and France to do so. Died Guildford. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Jewish Board of Guardians
The Board of Guardians and Trustees for the Relief of the Jewish Poor Registered (known as the Jewish Board of Guardians) provided help for those who had been in the country for over six months. F...
1 memorial
Agnes Maude Royden
Settlement work in Liverpool then London, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, edited Common Cause, Church League for Women’s Suffrage, preacher, pacifist, later campaigned for ordination ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Sebastian Lukomski, cycle courier
EC4, Queen Street Place
This memorial is stencilled onto the pavement at the south east corner of the junction with Upper Thames Street.
2 subjects commemorated,
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St Marks, Kennington - WW1 memorial
SW9, Clapham Road, St Marks Church
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War dead | WW1
325 subjects commemorated
325 subjects commemorated
Joseph René Bellot
Explorer. Born Paris. For his participation in the 1845 Anglo-French expedition to Madagascar Bellot received the Legion of Honour. 1851 he joined Captain Kennedy's expedition to find the Frank...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Ray Mears
Television personality and author. Born Raymond Paul Mears in Kenley, Croydon. Presenter of several television programmes about bushcraft and survival techniques.
1 memorial
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