From Engineering Timelines : "The present St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is the fourth cathedral on this site. The first two Anglo-Saxon buildings were timber, and the third a Medieval stone structure with a timber roof. All three were destroyed in turn by fire — the third one was destroyed in the Great Fire of London."
Spitalfields Life has a good post: Relics Of Old St Paul’s At New St Paul’s.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Old St Paul's Cathedral
It's certainly a vent shaft for the car park beneath, but this column, or rat...
This plaque appears to be that oddest of things, a plaque commemorating a los...
For our detail picture we show the Chapter House and Cloister which are actua...
Nonconformist minister. Born Suffolk. His mother was great-granddaughter of John Rogers. A pro-royalist, he was held in the Tower in 1651 but escaped execution. In 1684 he was again arrested fo...
Italian Catholic priest and prominent politician, one of the fathers of the Christian democratic platform. One of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1919, but was forced into exile in 19...
Burnt at the stake in Ware (his home town) for his Protestant beliefs. Was associated with Harwood. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.
Vicar of St Barnabas Church, Shacklewell Row immediately after WW2 until 1947 when he was appointed Rector of West Allington with East Allington and Sedgebrook, Lincs. Our colleague, Andrew Behan,...
Traditions vary but one is that Mary was the daughter of John Overs, a very successful Thames ferryman in the tenth century. She gave her inherited wealth to fund a convent which became St Mary Ov...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Born Windsor Castle, son of Edward II. Reigned 1327, aged 15, until his death at Sheen manor house (later known as Richmond Palace). Succeeded by his grandson, Richard II, son of Edward the Black...
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