Initially called 'sha'arhashamayim', the Gate of Heaven, this was the first professing Jewish community in the British Isles to be established in modern times (following the expulsion) and formed the origin of the present Jewish community of Britain as a whole. They established the first synagogue in Creechurch Lane and the first cemetery at Mile End. The Creechurch Lane building was replaced in 1701 with the present synagogue at Bevis Marks.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
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Bevis Marks - reclaimed
After some investigation we realised that this stone-work is only a few feet ...
Bevis Marks - war memorial
Yehidim or, more usually Yehudim, comes from the Bible and means the Kingdom ...
Spanish and Portuguese Jews - 1
This building, erected in 1912, formerly housed the Beth Holim, or hospital, ...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
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First synagogue after resettlement
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is diffe...
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Automobile Association
The Automobile Association, originally set up to help motorists avoid police speed traps, opened its first office in Fleet Street in 1905.
1 memorial
Brixton Challenge
An urban regeneration scheme. The aim was to develop the arts and shopping areas to generate income from people visiting the area, but locals argued money is not going to the people that need it. R...
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
Kingswood House
A Grade II listed building formerly known as Kings Coppice. It may have taken its name from Edward King who was a tenant of Dulwich manor in the sixteenth century. Between 1811 and 1814, William Vi...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
3 memorials
Smithfield - Poultry Market opening
EC1, East Poultry Avenue
What is it with granite plaques? Surely by 1963 someone ought to have learnt, from all the Victorian ones, that they are practicably ill...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Loughton Town Council
An Urban District Council from 1900 to 1933. It became part of Chigwell Urban District until 1974, when Epping Forest District Council was created. Loughton Town Council was established in 1996.
16 memorials
Dr. Dennis Geffen
O.B.E., M.D., D.P.H., Metropolitan Borough of Saint Pancras, 1844 - 1959. Worked in the polio field.
1 memorial
Police bricks
EC1, Myddelton Passage
Brought to our attention by View from the Mirror which has a very good, thorough post about these strange bricks. The graffiti is appare...
1 subject commemorated