From the building society that funded the Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple. Advertised in the Hendon & Finchley Times in the 1920s and 30s.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ernest W. Beard
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Spiritualist Temple - Beard
Foundation stone laid by Ernest W. Beard Esq. Thos. Yorke Esq. Architect, Hig...
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David Hope, Bishop of London
1992 Bishop of London 1991-5. 2005 created a life peer, Baron Hope of Thornes. 2013 caught up in a scandal concerning the 2003 child abuser, Dean of Manchester, Robert Waddington, whom Hope had no...
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...
Abraham Rees, DD
Nonconformist minister. Born Wales. Began his education for ministry in Wellclose Square in 1759. Worked at a number of London congregations until 1783 when he settled at the Old Jewry Meeting-hous...
Bishop Henry Compton
Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713. Born Warwickshire. After a period in Charles II's army he chose the church and within 5 years was made a bishop and a member of the Privy Council. His strong op...
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John Nash
Born in London. Notable works: Regent Street, Royal Opera Arcade and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Much of his work was for the Prince Regent but we've heard that Mrs Nash gave birth to an illegiti...
Alexander MacLaren
Baptist preacher. Born Glasgow. President of the Baptist Union, 1875-6 and 1901-2. Died Edinburgh.
Alfred Pitt
A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.
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