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
Creations i
First synagogue after resettlement
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is diffe...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Members of Kew Guild and staff of Royal Botanic Gdns Kew lost in WW1, WW2
From the Kew Guild: "The Kew Guild was founded in 1893, as an offshoot of the Kew Mutual Improvement Society (itself created in 1871), with an intention of uniting past and present “Kewites” by mea...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Chingford Mount Cemetery
Laid out on the site of the house and grounds of Caroline Mount, it was opened as a sister site to the already established Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park). Among ...
1 memorial
Red Lion, Kilburn
Closed Pubs has a good picture of the current building and gives: "The Red Lion was situated at 34 Kilburn High Road. This pub was known as The Westbury at time of closure in 2012. Rebuilt in the l...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Henry Purcell
Organist and composer. Born St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street, Westminster, c. 10 September 1959. Died at home in Marsham Street.
4 memorials
Lieutenant Christopher Dearmer
Born London, son of Percy and Mabel. Served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and died at Gallipoli. Buried at sea. Also commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
New River Company
See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into being. Puzzled why the Company should have been so involved in rebuilding after war damage we found the explanation at A...
6 memorials
Cornet William George Hawtrey Bankes
Died as a result of serving in the Indian War 1857-8. HM 7th Hussars VC. Wikipedia gives his middle name as Hawtry. Educated at Westminster School. Enlisted in the army in 1857. He was awarded the...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
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