Founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Born Leicestershire. Died in a house near the Gracechurch Street meeting house. The exact location of his grave in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground is unknown.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
George Fox
Commemorated ati
Quakers - garden
This unusual memorial is made out of slates and shaped to resemble a burial m...
Quakers - Memorial Buildings
To the left of this huge plaque there is a small, simple and extremely well-m...
Other Subjects
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lutheran pastor and theologian. 1933 - 35 he was a pastor at two German speaking London churches: German Evangelical Church - Sydenham and the German Reformed Church of St Paul's - Whitechapel. Bo...
4 memorials
St Alphage Church
Escaped the Great Fire. Demolished and rebuilt in 1774-7. Unused it was demolished in 1923 leaving part of the tower and the porch but then that was badly burnt in WW2. There is a related ruin jus...
1 memorial
St Benet Gracechurch
Name derives from the nearby hay (or grass) market. Lost in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1876.
1 memorial
John Owen, DD
Church leader. Born Oxfordshire. Chaplain to Cromwell. Died Ealing. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
John Apprice
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Blind. Shared a stake with Laverock who chatted with him during their ordeal.
1 memorial
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2 memorials
Sir Peter Studd
Lord Mayor in 1971. Excelled at cricket in his youth. In 1967, while Studd was Alderman Sheriff of the City of London, the 1831 London Bridge which had been sold to Arizona was installed in its n...
1 memorial
South End Road bridge
NW3, South End Road
2020: The road is surprising wide at this point. Via Facebook Dugald Gonsal helpfully explained "I was selected and appointed by Ken Harm...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Albergo del Pellegrino
This building was used as a hotel, 'The Pilgrim' until about 1930. It was demolished following WW2 bomb damage. The photo shows the east side and Byron's window was on the first floor, fourth fro...
1 memorial
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
SE19, Belvedere Road, 22, Fossil Villa
Hawkins lived here with his family 1856 - 1872.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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