In 1740 this French Hugeonot church moved into the building in Hanbury Street, with a patent granted by King James II.
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La Patente church
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Hanbury Hall - blue oval plaque
This plaque has a shortened version of the text on the old white plaque.
Hanbury Hall - white plaque - removed
Christ Church Hall Built in 1719 as a French Hugeonot {sic} church it stood b...
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Roger Bacon
Philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born Somerset. An early proponent of the modern scientific method. He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.
1 memorial
Waterloo churches / Commissioners' churches
Following the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo a Commission was set up to build churches as a means of giving thanks and commemorating the victory. The churches are also known as Milli...
1 memorial
Bishop Mellitus
In 604 the Bishop Mellitus arrived from Italy as the first Bishop of London and built and dedicated a cathedral to St Paul on the site where St Paul’s stands today. Became Archbishop of Canterbury...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Rodney Smith
Evangelist. Born in a gipsy tent in Epping Forest, Wanstead. He began to hawk clothes pegs and tinware made by his father and became known as 'The Singing Gipsy Boy' because of his eagerness to sin...
1 memorial
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Breast Cancer Care
Charity providing support for women with breast cancer. Founded by Betty Westgate, five years after she was diagnosed with the disease. Originally called the Mastectomy Association; the name was ch...
1 memorial
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
29 memorials
Charity scholars
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
23 memorials
Essex Street & Essex Hall
WC2, Essex Street, Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected here, at Essex Hall in 1964.
10 subjects commemorated
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