Sermons had been preached at Paul's Cross since at least the 12th century. In 1449 Bishop Kemp had it rebuilt and it remained in that form until in 1643 the puritanical Long Parliament ordered its destruction. It was an open octagonal booth with a pitched roof on top of which stood a cross. In 1874 the foundations of the Cross were discovered.
The New York Times of 5 November 1910 carries a report of the opening ceremony for the memorial and gives some details of the history of the Cross.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paul's Cross
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Paul's Cross
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Mrs F. W. Callow
We found a local newspaper article (Islington Gazette - Tuesday 16 June 1903) reporting on the marriage, the previous Saturday, of Florence Minnie, daughter of Joseph Toomer, of Falkland Road, Harr...
1 memorial
St Marys, Haggerston
Built by John Nash in the Gothic style with a tall tower. Destroyed by WW2 bombs and the site made into a playground.
1 memorial
Oliver Plunkett
Archbishop and saint. Born Ireland, admitted to the Irish College in Rome and ordained in 1654. He was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland in 1669, but because of the suppres...
2 memorials
Southgate Reform Synagogue
JewishGen gives the previous address of the Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue as: "45 High Street, Southgate, London N14 (from about 1981 to 1999) - a converted warehouse, built on the ...
1 memorial
Regent Square Church
Forgive us for the length of this entry. The history of the various buildings is complicated. In 2015 the Buddists very kindly allowed us to look around their building and that resolved most of our...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Laurence V. Moran
Laurence Vincent Moran was born on 2 March 1966 in Hammersmith. He was a son of Michael C. Moran and Rita F. L. Moran née Craft née Sheppard (1931-1985). He died, aged 21 years, on 18 November 1987...
1 memorial
Charles Wesley M. Drew
Fireman killed as a result of an air raid on Plaistow Road, E15 on 19 March 1941. Charles Wesley Messenger Drew was born on 19 June 1913, a son of Charles Drew (1889-1964) and Ethel Drew née Mess...
War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Jonathan Thorp
Chairman of the Thames Navigation & Port of London Committee in 1857. We can’t find a picture of the man but here’s the cup he was presented with, inscribed: “Thames Navigation & Port of ...
2 memorials
1 memorial
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