1909

Rev. Dawson Burns

Categories: Religion

Baptist minister and lifelong temperance activist. Born Southwark to Jabez Burns also a Baptist minister and temperance advocate from 1836. Died Battersea.

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Rev. Dawson Burns

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Chelsea Temperance Society - McCurrey

To the memory of James & Margaret McCurrey, early & devoted workers i...

Jabez West fountain

This is a very unusual monument for the time, being in honour of a working man.

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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.

Building, Religion

1 memorial

Collegiate Church of St Martin

Collegiate Church of St Martin le Grand, demolished 1548 in the Reformation.

Building, Religion

1 memorial

The Guardian obituary for Rev. Norwyn Denny gives "The Methodist minister the Rev Norwyn Denny, who has died aged 85, was a pioneer of the modern urban mission in Britain. His work in Notting Hill,...

Group, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate

First mentioned as ‘Sancti Botolfi extra Bishopsgate’ in 1212. Repaired in 1671 and partially reconstructed in 1666, after the Great Fire. Demolished in the early C18th. The present church (picture...

Building, Religion

1 memorial

Martin Luther King

One of the world's most famous civil rights activists, born Michael King Jr. A Baptist minister, he visited London in December 1964 on his way to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He stayed at...

Person, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, USA

4 memorials

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F. J. Lathwell

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

Born in Plympton, Devonshire. Came to London in 1753. As a student of Italian art, his work became increasingly classical under the influence of the Bolognese school. In 1768 he was elected the fir...

Person, Art

15 memorials