Eminent musical composer and organist, second son of Charles and Sarah Wesley. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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Samuel Wesley (musician)
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Bunhill burial ground - 1
In this ground are the vaults of {see the Subjects commemorated for the list ...
Old Church Garden - Wesley tomb
We don't normally include graves but since this has been moved it is now eff...
Wesleys - W1
London County Council Charles Wesley, 1707 - 1788, divine and hymn writer, li...
Other Subjects
Camden Roundhouse
Built to service trains using Euston, London's first railway terminus. It became obsolete by 1855 when locomotives outgrew its turntable. It then became a warehouse for Gilbey's Gin. In the 1960s t...
1 memorial
Pete Quaife
Musician. Born Peter Alexander Greenlaw Kinnies in Tavistock, Devon. His mother became pregnant after an affair with an American serviceman. She married after the war and the whole family took her ...
1 memorial
Johann Strauss, senior
Founder of the Strauss dynasty of Viennese light music composers. He composed 'Radetzky March', amongst others.
1 memorial
Bela Bartok
Composer and pianist. Born Béla Viktor János Bartók in Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Romania). He was greatly influenced by Zoltán Kodály and they travelled together, collecting fo...
2 memorials
La Gioconda / Giaconda
Back in the 1960s this was the place where would-be future pop icons hung out. We've found references to: Marc Bolan, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, Small Faces, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix,...
1 memorial
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South Place Chapel
A radical nonconformist congregation, led by William Johnson Fox moved from Bishopsgate premises into this purpose-built Chapel at South Place, Finsbury. In 1926 the South Place Ethical Society sol...
1 memorial
Black Prince Road ceramics - plaque 12
SE11, Black Prince Road, Tunnel underneath railway bridge
These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...
1 subject commemorated
William de Morgan
Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...
23 memorials
Lady Emma Hamilton
Mistress of Lord Nelson. Born Amy, Emma or Emy Lyon at Ness, Cheshire. Her early life was spent in poverty, but her beauty proved to be her fortune. She became the mistress of Charles Greville and ...
2 memorials
Sir John Gielgud
Actor. Born 7 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington as Arthur John Gielgud, great nephew to Ellen Terry. The name indicates his Lithuanian descent. A great Shakespearean actor, he is possibly best know...
4 memorials
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