A minister in the Moravian church and the Aldersgate bookseller of John Wesley's Journal. He convened the meeting at which John Wesley's second conversion took place.
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James Hutton
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Aldersgate Flame
{On the west face:} Wednesday May 24 1738 "What occurred .......law of sin an...
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St Mary Moorfields
Catholic church built by architect John Newman in 1820. Replaced in 1902 by the church of the same name in the north section of Eldon Street.From the church's website: "As the permanent seat of the...
1 memorial
Frederick Temple, Bishop of London
Born Greece. Bought up in Devon. 1876 married Beatrice Blanche Lascelles. Bishop of London, 1885 - 1896. Archbishop of Canterbury 1896 - death. One of the last ceremonies at which he officiated was...
2 memorials
Sir Thomas Docwra
Grand Prior of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 1501-1527. In 1504 he rebuilt St John's Gate. We guess the Docwra family are descended from Sir Thomas or his family.
1 memorial
Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester
Charles Richard Sumner KG was a Church of England bishop. Consecrated Bishop of Winchester in 1827. In 1869 he resigned his seat, but continued to live at the official residence in Farnham until h...
1 memorial
Father Jack Holden
From St James's we learn that on the porch wall of St James' Church (whose spire you can see just to the east of Father Jack's plaque) is a board which lists Jack Holden as the vicar of the Church ...
1 memorial
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William Hogarth
Satirical artist and illustrator. Trained as an engraver, he depicted the unseemly behaviour of contemporaries in works like 'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) and 'A Rake's Progress' (1732). Much of his ...
12 memorials
St Pancras Basin
Formerly known as the Midland Railway Basin (though we could find nothing under thatn name). Opened as a coal wharf. 1958 converted to a pleasure craft area. Now home to the St Pancras Cruising C...
1 memorial
1 memorial
James Bradley
Astronomer. Born Sherborne, Gloucestershire. Elected as the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford 1721-62, his death. In 1742 he was appointed Astronomer Royal. He is best known for two fundame...
1 memorial
Albert Chevalier
Music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. Born at St Ann's Villas where the plaque now is, to a French father and Welsh mother. Married Florence, daughter of George Leybourne. His ful...
1 memorial
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