Their odd name is just a corruption of 'Crossed', a reference to the red cloth cross which they wore on their garments. The Crutched Friars House in the City was founded at the end of the 13th century.
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Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars
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Crutched Friars
Red granite and off-white marble with some bronze. Close examination of this...
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St Giles Camberwell
An Anglo-Saxon church on this site was recorded in the Domesday Book. It was almost certainly made of wood and was later rebuilt in stone. On the night of 7 February 1841, the church was almost com...
1 memorial
St Augustine's Church, Victoria Park
This church was built, inside the Park, in 1867 to meet the needs of the expanding population, 22 years after the Park opened in 1845. Following WW2 bomb damage the church was demolished (our end ...
2 memorials
1 memorial
The Right Reverend Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston, CR, KCMG.
Bishop and archbishop. Born Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston in Bedford. Ordained in 1937, he became the Bishop of Masai, Tanzania, then the Bishop of Stepney, London, and eventually the second Archb...
1 memorial
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Simon Smith
Sculptor. Served his apprenticeship at Woburn Abbey. Studied stone carving and sculpture at the City and Guilds of London School of Art, where he obtained a first.
1 memorial
Arnold Morley keystone
EC1, Edward Street, Nomura House
Morley opened this building. With the pupil-less eyes this looks like a death mask in contrast to the sighted Raikes' keystone on the eas...
1 subject commemorated
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway
Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London. This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond. The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover'...
6 memorials
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
It was created to meet the demands for innovative music and sound effects for radio and television. It is most famous for producing the original theme tune to 'Doctor Who', and was also responsible...
1 memorial
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