A guild of knights, whose role may have been to defend London from attack from the east. The book "London, 800-1216: The Shaping of a City By Christopher Nugent Lawrence" has a go at explaining what this was.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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King Edgar
The plaque with this text utilizes an unusually interesting script, reminisce...
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W. Clarke
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Fredk. W. Osborne
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
Sister Catherine Elizabeth
We can't find anything about Sister Catherine Elizabeth. The plaque gives 'SC' which normally indicates Sisters of Charity. Which is odd since the local order was the Society of the Holy Cross, nor...
St Mary Rotherhithe - charity girl
SE16, St Marychurch Street, 70
The watch-house is the low building to the right of the one with the scholar statues. the blue plaque you can just see to the left is fo...
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
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