105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows, 1535 - 1681. The Tyburn Convent website explains but only lists a few. We have found other memorials to a few of them: John Houghton and the 17 other Carthusian Martyrs and Gregory Gunne - probably.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows
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Tyburn Convent - Cardinal Godfrey
"Tyburn Hill"? Pancake more like! Can anyone explain this description? Thi...
Tyburn Convent - green
105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows near this site, 1...
Tyburn Convent - relief
There is a better picture at Flickr - we're not proud. Note the Tyburn tree ...
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Thomas Rosewell
Non-conformist minister. Born Somerset. Died Bermondsey. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Blackfriars Priory
Built on the site of the Norman fortification known as Baynard's Castle which was demolished in 1213. Blackfriars Priory was initially a house and church for the Dominican Order (guess what colour ...
2 memorials
St Benet Sherehog Church
The ruins of this church can, apparently, be seen in the basement ruins of Number One Poultry.
2 memorials
Susanna Annesley Wesley
Born 7, Spital Yard, the 25th, and last (phew) child. Her father, Dr. Samuel Annesley, was a minister, but a dissenter of the established church of England. On becoming a teenager Susanna, centu...
3 memorials
Dr. Daniel Williams
Eminent Protestant dissenting minister, of the Presbyterian denomination; born at Wrexham, in Denbighshire. Died London. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
2 memorials
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Queen Elizabeth II
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on where she was brought up see Byron Statue. When she was 10 her father became King George VI (on the abdication of his brot...
126 memorials
Watch-house in Giltspur Street
A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St S...
1 memorial
Westminster Monastery
Monks were first brought to Westminster in about 960 AD by St Dunstan, then Bishop of London. The Monastery spread out over the area now occupied by Westminster Abbey and Westminster School The e...
1 memorial
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