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
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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...
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Richard Wyche, Vicar of Deptford
Lollard heretic. Vicar of Harmondsworth Middlesex and of St Nicholas Deptford. He followed the Lollard doctrine which the authorities opposed and so he was burnt at the stake on Tower Hill for her...
1 memorial
Theophilus Gale
Nonconformist minister and teacher. Born Devon. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Loyal Temperance Legion
The children's branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and still active in 2008 - we found the pledge with a link to join: "The Pledge: That I may give my best service to home and country...
1 memorial
Reverend William Fiddian Moulton
Biblical scholar and headmaster. Born Staffordshire, his father a Wesleyan minister. Became a Wesleyan minister and then the first headmaster of the Leys School, Cambridge in 1875 and remained ther...
1 memorial
Revd. W. J. Bolton
Born Bath. His father was American and the family moved there in 1836. He trained in art and became a designer and producer of stained glass windows. He returned to England in 1845 and set up in...
1 memorial
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Created by Reginald Brabazon, cleverly designed to coincide with Queen Victoria's birthday. In 1958 it was renamed Commonwealth Day and in 1977 the date moved to the second Monday in March.
2 memorials
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born New York City as Eleanor Roosevelt. Went to finishing school in England. In 1905 at her wedding to her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was given away by her uncle, President Theodor...
1 memorial
David Grant
Borough Councillor. He was Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2012.
1 memorial
Norwegian Government-in-exile
The Norwegian government and parliament refused to accept a German ultimatum to form a new government under Nazi control. King Haakon VII and his son Crown Prince Olav were forced to leave Norway a...
1 memorial
Phoebe Beasley
As Phoebe Cox in Walsall she met and married Rev. Thomas Beasley. A member of the Uxbridge Congregational Church for 70 years, she died aged 97.
1 memorial
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