Place    From 1127  To 1540

Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell

Categories: Religion

Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.

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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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Hospital of St Anthony

Hospital of St Anthony

Henry III granted this site to the brotherhood of St. Anthony of Vienna to set up a hospital, which over time consisted of almshouses for the poor, a church and a school. After the dissolution of t...

Building, Education, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial
German Lutheran church in London

German Lutheran church in London

The history of the German Lutheran Church in London began in earnest  with many craftsmen from Hamburg coming here after the Great Fire of 1666 to help in the rebuilding. They were granted the site...

Group, Religion

2 memorials
Thomas Lewis

Thomas Lewis

The first pastor of the Islington Union Chapel, appointed in 1802/4 (sources differ) and stayed in the post until his death, though he shared the job with Allon from 1843/4 (sources differ).

Person, Religion

1 memorial
German Lutheran church in Hanbury Street

German Lutheran church in Hanbury Street

Occupied the building until sometime between 1818 and 1828. See German Lutheran church in London for an overview.

Group, Religion, Germany

2 memorials
David Livingstone

David Livingstone

Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed t...

Person, Exploring, Religion, Seriously Famous, Africa, Scotland

2 memorials