The church gets its name from the pattens (clog-like shoes) made and sold in the lane beside the church. An early building was pulled down and reconstructed in 1538. After the Great Fire it was again rebuilt, by Wren 1686-8, and, their church having been destroyed and not rebuilt, the parish of St Gabriel Fen(church) united with that of St Margaret Pattens. Damaged during WW2 it was restored in 1955-56.
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St Margaret Pattens
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St Gabriel Fen churchyard
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Archdeacon Charles Wellington Furse
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1 memorial
Wang Zhiming
Pastor and evangelist killed during the Chinese cultural revolution.
1 memorial
Sandemanian chapel
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2 memorials
Reverend Samuel Hoole
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St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
First mentioned as ‘Sancti Botolfi extra Bishopsgate’ in 1212. Repaired in 1671 and partially reconstructed in 1666, after the Great Fire. Demolished in the early C18th. The present church (picture...
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Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
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Robert Baden-Powell
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Charles Macklin
Actor and playwright. Probably born in County Donegal, Ireland in about 1699. Lived in Bow Street.. Died at home in Tavistock Row.
1 memorial
Joan Hymans
In January 1972, at the time of Bloody Sunday, Hymans is reported as being in Belfast as Fenner Brockway 's secretary, sharing a platform with him, Bernadette Devlin and Rory McShane.
1 memorial
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