Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell
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The Theatre
The site of this building forms part of what was once the precinct of the Pri...
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Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton
Born Charles Manners. In 1762 his father added Sutton to the family surname following an inheritance. Archbishop of Canterbury 1805 - 1828. Died at home, Lambeth Palace.
Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs
The private boys school Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in Hackney Wick and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in de...
St Luke's Church - Charlton
Mentioned as early as 1077, the present church was built with funds left by Charlton House's owner Sir Adam Newton. Spencer Perceval is buried here.
Wesley's second conversion
Wesley attended a meeting convened by James Hutton in Nettleton Court, off Aldersgate Street or at 28 Aldersgate Street. Here he felt a "warming of the heart". Three memorials all erected in sligh...
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Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Administrator in India and South Africa. An enlightened 19th century administrator, who nonetheless caused the Zulu Wars by giving Cetshwayo, the Zulu king, an unacceptable ultimatum.
Gyorgy Krasso
WC1, Russell Square
The tree is in Russell Square garden beside the path on the north side. A small group congregate here each year in October to commemorat...
Dr Noel Bertram Farman
Physician and surgeon. He was a GP in Hampstead for 40 years and his obituary in the British Medical Journal, 7 February 1970 makes him sound a lovely doctor.
James D. Watson
Molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist. Born Chicago as James Dewey Watson. 1962 awarded a Nobel Prize with Crick and Wilkins, for their work on the theory of a double-helix structure for DNA.
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