Baptist minister. Born Hand Court, Holborn. Closely associated with Samuel Stennett's Little Wild Street chapel. With their help he established a chapel in Battersea in June 1797 where he was pastor through to his death. Co-founded the Surrey Mission Society and the Religious Tract Society. Died in Battersea. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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Joseph Hughes
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Bunhill burial ground - 5
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St Nicholas Acons parsonage
The church, dating back to the 9th century, was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. The parsonage survived until at least 1762.
St Mary Woolnoth
Has a strong historical connection with the abolitionist movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Rev John Newton, a slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist, was rector 1780 – 1807. Carolin...
Reverend William Cadman
Canon of Canterbury. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: The Reverend William Cadman M.A. was born on 13 May 1815 in Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire, the son of William and Mary Cadman. On ...
Samuel Squire
Church of England bishop and historian. Born Wiltshire. Rector of St Annes, Soho. Died Harley Street.
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SE13, Somerset Gardens, 17
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Mervyn Peake
SW10, Drayton Gardens, 1
Mervyn Peake, 1911-1968, author and artist lived here, 1960-1968. English Heritage
George Godwin
SW3, Alexander Square, 24
George Godwin, 1813 - 1888, architect, journalist and social reformer, lived here. Greater London Council
School grounds and building
N1, Bletchley Street
A strange memorial. The little roof and pillars make this look as if it could originally have been the entrance to the building. But with...
Sir Clarendon Hyde
Sir Clarendon Hyde, the deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company in 1920.
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