In the south-east corner of Cornhill and Gracechurch Street. A medieval church on the highest point of the City of London. The legend about its origin given on the Cornhill Insurance door is from John Stow. Destroyed in the Great Fire and rebuilt by Wren.
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St Peter’s Cornhill
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CI - 1 - Christianity
St Peter’s Cornhill founded by King Lucius 179 AD to be an Archbishop’s see a...
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Lord Teignmouth, John Shore
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born St James Street, Piccadilly but brought up in Romford. 1769 went to work in Bengal where he was one of the first to learn a number of the local languages. Like many...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Indian Sub-continent
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Bruce Kenrick
Minister and housing campaigner. Born Bruce Henderson Kenrick at 14 Poulter Road, Walton, Liverpool. He practised medicine during World War II and decided to pursue a career as a doctor. While at u...
1 memorial
Holy Trinity church Stroud Green
Designed by architect E. B. Ferrey in 1881. We think this is Edmund Benjamin Ferrey (1845–1900), son of Benjamin Ferrey who designed St Stephen's extension in Rochester Street, SW1. The church hall...
1 memorial
Revd. Thomas Helmore
Choir-master and hymn-writer. Born Kidderminster. Died at home in Pimlico.
1 memorial
St Mary Moorfields
Catholic church built by architect John Newman in 1820. Replaced in 1902 by the church of the same name in nearby Eldon Street. From the church's website: "As the permanent seat of the Vicar Apost...
1 memorial
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