Queen of the Iceni. When the Romans arrived in AD 43 her husband, Prasutagus, was ruling the Iceni, the people in East Anglia. The Romans allowed him to continue his rule but when he died their approach changed and they took possession of the lands, flogged his wife, Boudicca, and raped her daughters. While the Roman governor was away fighting the Welsh, Boudicca, joined by other tribes, rose up, defeated the 9th Roman Legion and burnt three major Roman town: Colchester (which was the Roman capital), London and St Albans. But the Roman governor returned and Boudicca was defeated. Her end is uncertain. She either died of illness or killed herself to avoid captured. That's the story but apparently there is very little trustworthy evidence. What is known for certain, due to archaeological work, is that the three towns were all levelled by fire at the appropriate time.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Boudicca / Boadicea / Boudica
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Boadicea/Boudicca/Boudica
The horses look totally out of control to us; no wonder the two daughters loo...
Gaius Classicianus
A London Inheritance has a 1947, or thereabouts, photo of "London's earliest ...
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C. R. Cruwys
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
O. T. C. Brewer
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Elizabeth David
SW3, Halsey Street, 24
Elizabeth David, 1913 - 1992, cookery writer, lived and worked here, 1947 - 1992. English Heritage
Ernest Jones
NW1, York Terrace East, 19
Greater London Council Dr. Ernest Jones, 1879 - 1958, pioneer psychoanalyst, lived here.
Sir Henry Irving - W6
W6, Brook Green, St Paul's Girls School
Actor, Henry Irving, (John Henry Brodribb), 1838 - 1905, lived on this site, 1881 - 1889.
Peter Paul Rubens
Artist and diplomat. Born in Siegen, Westphalia (modern day Germany). He studied art in Antwerp and Venice, and entered the service of Vincenzo Gonzago, Duke of Mantua, where he began a parallel ca...
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