Evangelist. Born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She married fellow methodist William Booth in 1855, and they embarked on a preaching tour of the country. Returning to London in 1864, they started work on forming the Salvation Army. She died in Clacton and over 30.000 people lined the route of her funeral procession in London.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Catherine Booth
The statue was dedicated on the centenary of Catherine Booth's birth, and aga...
{On the plaque attached to the front of the plinth:} Here, in East London, Ca...
The 1745 Association (who ought to know) writes: "The plaque on the side of t...
Baptist minister and hymnwriter. Born Exeter. His father was appointed minister at Little Wild Street chapel from 1737 so the family moved to London. See Andrew Gifford for the rather unsavoury ...
Catholic lay priest and martyr. Father of Thomas Felton. A wealthy man, he lived at Bermondsey Abbey (the mansion built on the site) and supposedly fixed a copy of the papal bull excommunicating Qu...
Collegiate Church of St Martin le Grand, demolished 1548 in the Reformation.
Cricketer and bishop. Born David Stuart Sheppard in Reigate, As a cricketer he played for Cambridge University, Sussex and England. He converted to Evangelical Christianity while at Cambridge, and ...
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