A Grade II listed building. It is one of England's oldest Unitarian churches, and belongs to the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches. It is known as 'the birthplace of feminism' because of its connections with Mary Wollstonecraft.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Newington Green Unitarian Church
Newington Green Church built 1708, enlarged 1860. Oldest non-conformist place...
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for her Protestant beliefs. Daughter of Elizabeth.
Fr. Rowland opened a a mission church in 1881 in a small field near a pond just off the Brecknock Road. This later became the church hall - still in use in 2013 (probably the building immediately...
Born Yorkshire. Raised as a Methodist. Became a minister in the East End, a chaplain in WW1. Became Superintendent of the Lambeth Mission in London in 1922, and was there 32 years. Wrote many hymns...
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 surprise...
Rector of St Nicholas Tooting Graveney from 1893 until at least 1897, he was the eldest son of his predecessor in this role, Edward Howard Morton, rector 1880-1893. By 1897 Edward was retired in Bo...
