A church was first built on the site in Saxon times. It was restored by St Dunstan in 950 AD. Badly damaged by the Great Fire, it was patched up and then a steeple by Wren was added in 1701. In 1817 it was rebuilt incorporating Wren's tower. The tower also survived the WW2 Blitz but not much else did. After the war it was decided not to rebuild the church. Instead the ruins have been turned into a charming public garden, opened in 1971.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Dunstan in the East
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St Dunstan in the East
The church of St Dunstan in the East stood on this site from ancient times. S...
St Dunstans College
{In the spiral:} In 1466 the school attached to the church of St Dunstan in t...
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Archdeacon Charles Wellington Furse
1882 Rector of St John the Evangelist and went on to become Archdeacon of Westminster. Not to be confused with the painter C. W. Furse, his son.
1 memorial
Order of St John of Jerusalem
Order of St John of Jerusalem The Order of St John of Jerusalem combined religion, crusading military might and the care of the sick. 1309-1522 the primary home of the Order was the island of Rhode...
6 memorials
Regent Square Church
Forgive us for the length of this entry. The history of the various buildings is complicated. In 2015 the Buddists very kindly allowed us to look around their building and that resolved most of our...
1 memorial
Somerset Walpole
Rector and bishop. Full name George Henry Somerset Walpole. Born Nottinghamshire, the son of a reverend. Father of Hugh Walpole. After early service in the west of England he moved first to Auckla...
1 memorial
First synagogue after resettlement
A house in Creechurch Lane was converted to a synagogue for the Sephardi Jews (Spanish and Portuguese) which opened in 1657. This was enlarged but the increase in numbers quickly made a purpose-bui...
1 memorial
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W1, Oxford Street, 363
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3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
IC - Hipparchus
SW7, Imperial College Road, Observatory Road, Chemistry RCS
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
1 subject commemorated
Henry Walter Fincham, F.S.A.
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890. Henry Walter Fincham was born on 27 February 1859, the youngest of the four children of Henry Fincham (1812-1887) and Mary Ann Finc...
2 memorials
Edward VII
WC1, High Holborn, 114 - 115, Kingsgate House
The sculptor's name is inscribed on the stone below the feet.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
John Eliot Howard
N17, Lordsmead Road, 1
J. E. Howard FRS, 1807 - 1883, chemist who discovered anti-malarial use of quinine, lived nearby at 'Lords Meade'. Historic Buildings of ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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