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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William Howley
Bishop of London 1813 - 28. Archbishop of Canterbury 1828 - 48. Born Hampshire. While Bishop of London he had extensive work done on both his town house, 32 St James's Square and Fulham Palace. Whi...
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Cardinal Newman
Born 80 Old Broad Street, eldest son of a banker. Goaded into writing his Apologia by a criticism from Charles Kingsley published in a magazine. Established The Brompton Oratory. Died Edgbaston, B...
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Saint John Houghton
One of the 18 Carthusian Martyrs. Prior of The London Charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery. Refused to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church of England. Martyred at Tyburn.
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Great Synagogue - Old Jewry
We could find nothing on the history of this Great Synagogue but its closure in 1272 was due to the difficulties suffered by the Jews in England leading up to their expulsion in 1290. Medieval Lond...
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
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War dead, WW1
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Sara Zelenak
Killed in the 2017 London Bridge attack. A 21-year old Australian au pair, she was on a night out with a friend.
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College Road Tollgate
SE21, College Road, By Tollgate Drive
Diamond Geezer says this is the only place in London where drivers have to pay a specific toll.
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