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
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Bishop Challoner
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1691 - 1781, vicar-apostolic of the London District...
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College of Minor Canons in St Paul’s Cathedral
In existence before 1066. Richard II formalised the structure. At that time they were 12 in number but are now down to three, responsible for singing services and organising large and small scale...
Building, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Religion
1 memorial
St Martin within Ludgate
The mediaeval church dates from 1174. Rebuilt in 1437 and then destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by Christopher Wren 1680.
1 memorial
St Mary Bothaw
'Bothaw' derived from 'boathouse', which makes sense when you remember that before the Embankment was built the Thames used be be a lot closer. In existence by 1279, it was destroyed in the Great ...
1 memorial
Manresa House
Originally called Bessborough House, it was built by William Ponsonby in the 1760s. It was sold to the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) in 1861 and renamed Manresa House after the town in Spain where...
1 memorial
Roger Bacon
Philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born Somerset. An early proponent of the modern scientific method. He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
first meeting of the Gorsedd
First meeting of the Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain. We have to admit that the photograph is not actually of the very first meeting.
1 memorial
Fleming Court
W2, St Mary's Terrace, Fleming Court
In our photo the plaque can be seen just above and behind the pedestrian's head. Built before the Westway these flats would have felt mu...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Royal Mathematical School
Initiated by Sir Robert Clayton who had read about the French schools of navigation. He persuaded King Charles II to support the UK equivalent as part of Christ's Hospital. "Samuel Pepys in the Adm...
1 memorial
Sir Walter John Tapper, KCVO, FRIBA, RA, FSA
Sir Walter John Tapper, KCVO, FRIBA, RA, FSA, was born on 21 April 1861 in Bovey Tracey, Devon, the youngest of the six children of George Tapper (1816-1877) and Elizabeth Tapper née Medland (1818-...
2 memorials
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