Person    | Male  Born /7/1624  Died 13/1/1691

George Fox

Categories: Religion

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.

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George Fox

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Quakers - garden

This unusual memorial is made out of slates and shaped to resemble a burial m...

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Quakers - Memorial Buildings

To the left of this huge plaque there is a small, simple and extremely well-m...

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John Felton

John Felton

Catholic lay priest and martyr. Father of Thomas Felton. A wealthy man, he lived at Bermondsey Abbey (the mansion built on the site) and supposedly fixed a copy of the papal bull excommunicating Qu...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

South Place Ethical Society / Conway Hall Ethical Society

Possibly the oldest surviving free thought organisation in the world, and the only remaining Ethical society in the UK. Originated as a religious group, allied to the Baptists. By 1793 they had the...

Group, Community / Clubs, Philosophy, Religion

1 memorial
Susanna Annesley Wesley

Susanna Annesley Wesley

Born 7, Spital Yard, the 25th, and last (phew) child.  Her father, Dr. Samuel Annesley, was a minister, but a dissenter of the established church of England.   On becoming a teenager Susanna, centu...

Person, Religion

3 memorials
Bishop Wood of Croydon

Bishop Wood of Croydon

Wilfred Denniston Wood was Bishop of Croydon 1985 -2003, the first black bishop in the Church of England. He came second in the "100 Great Black Britons" list in 2004. Born in Barbados, ordained th...

Person, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial