Vicar-apostolic of the London District.
Died Old Gloucester Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Bishop Richard Challoner
Commemorated ati
Bishop Challoner
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1691 - 1781, vicar-apostolic of the London District...
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St John the Baptist upon Walbrook
First recorded in the 12th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt. This 1799 map shows the whole site marked as "churchyard". The congregation merged with St Antholin Budge Row. The...
Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury
The 100th Archbishop of Canterbury, 1961-74, having previously been Bishop of Durham in 1952 and Archbishop of York in 1956. Born Cambridge, died Oxford. Strange fact from Wikipedia: "In October 2...
St Dunstans, Stepney
Records of this church go back to AD 952. Until the 14th century it was the only church in east London. The existing 15th century building is the third on the site, though it was reclad in 1880s. T...
Church of St John of Tyburn / St Marylebone
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