Catholic priest. Born Wales. Served as a second lieutenant in the 12th Royal Lancers in WW2. Whilst a student at Oxford he became a Catholic and his fiancee died suddenly. Ordained in 1960 by Bishop David Cashman. Rector of of St Mary’s Church Cadogan Street, 1983 - 1991.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Canon Michael Richards
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St Joseph's Cottages - Hume
After renovation in 1985 initiated by Canon John Longstaff and completed by C...
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Suffragettes' Women's Hall
This 1893 map (extract here) shows a hall, Salisbury Hall, beside the pub (Morpeth Arms) set back behind a house on Old Ford Road. This 1870 map shows the hall labelled 'Bethal Chapel (Baptist)'. ...
Building, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Religion
1 memorial
St Antholin Church, demolished
From Geograph British Isles: St. Antholin's, completed in 1688 and regarded as one of Wren's finest City churches, stood on the corner of Sise Lane and Budge Row/Watling Street, roughly on the site...
1 memorial
St Peter’s Cornhill
In the south-east corner of Cornhill and Gracechurch Street. A medieval church on the highest point of the City of London. The legend about its origin given on the Cornhill Insurance door is from...
1 memorial
Cardinal John Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster
Roman Catholic priest. (Not the American boxer despite what Wikipedia says.) Born Ilford. Archbishop of Westminster, 1963 - his death. Died in Westminster Hospital.
1 memorial
Lydia Rogers
Supposed witch. The wife of carpenter John Rogers, she belonged to a radical religious sect called the Anabaptists. She was accused of making a blood pact with the devil, who was said to have cut a...
1 memorial