This covered a roughly square-shaped area, bounded by: (clockwise) Bateman's Row, Shoreditch High Street Holywell Lane, Curtain Road. Founded 1152/8 by Robert Fitz Generan and you won't be surprised to learrn that it was named after a holy well. Dissolved in 1539 as part of the Dissolution of the Monesteries.
Our picture source, the wonderful app Time Travel Explorer discusses the interesting and puzzling feature on the map jus to the west of the Priory.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Holywell Priory
This area formed part of Holywell Priory, founded 1152/8, dissolved 1539, nam...
Unitarian minister, scholar and interpreter of Judaism. In addition to the information shown on his Wikipedia page and of his religious studies on the encyclopedia.com website, we know that Robert...
A group of evangelical Christians, who worshipped at Holy Trinity Church in Clapham and centred on William Wilberforce, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and other religious, philanthropi...
11th General of the Salvation Army, 1977-81. Born London. His family emigrated to Canada when he was a child. There he joined the Army which led to him working in London and travelling elsewhere...
1889 Rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square. Moved from there to St Margaret’s, Westminster in 1895.
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...
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