Building    From 1181  To 1876

St Benet Gracechurch

Categories: Religion

Name derives from the nearby hay (or grass) market. Lost in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1876.

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St Benet Gracechurch

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St Benet Gracechurch

Site of St. Benet Gracechurch, demolished 1876. The Corporation of the City o...

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St Martin Orgar

St Martin Orgar

Largely destroyed in the Great Fire. Then restored and used by French Protestants until 1820. Most of it was then pulled down and what was left was incorporated into St Clement Eastcheap.

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Lancelot Andrewes

Lancelot Andrewes

Cleric. Born near All Hallows, Barking. He served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester, and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Rev. H. Russell Wakefield

Rev. H. Russell Wakefield

It seems very likely that the Rector of St Mary's, Bryanston Square in 1897 was this man. Bishop of Birmingham.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Anthony W. Thorold

Anthony W. Thorold

Rector at St Giles Church in 1865.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Nike

Nike

Ancient Greek goddess who personified victory.  She was the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx. Our photograph shows the famous 'Winged Victory of Samothrace', also called the 'Nike ...

Fiction, Religion

1 memorial

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Ethelbert of Wessex

Ethelbert of Wessex

King of Wessex, 860-865.

Person, Royalty

1 memorial
Trevor Burfield

Trevor Burfield

Owner and/or manager of the development company Centremoor Ltd in 1972. Arranged for the erection of the replacement plaque commemorating Lenin, on 16 Percy Circus. Present at the unveiling. His c...

Person, Property

1 memorial
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous

51 memorials
Equiano Society

Equiano Society

From their website: "The Equiano Society was founded by Arthur Torrington and Samuel B. King in London in November 1996. Its main objective is to publicise and celebrate the life and work of Olauda...

Group, History, Race Issues, Africa

1 memorial
A. Coles

A. Coles

R.F.N. in the Kings Royal Rifles. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Rifleman Arthur Edward Coles was born in 1895 in Goathurst, Bridgwater, Somerset, the eldest son of the four children of Fre...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial