The area in and around the Tower which was free from the jurisdiction of the City of London. Initially the Liberties of the Tower were restricted to the area within its walls and the land on Tower Hill. Three territories were added by James II's charter of 1686: the Minories, the Artillery Ground and the Wellclose. The Liberties were formally abolished on 25 June 1894. OldLondonMaps gives a larger picture. British Listed Buildings gives more information about the markers, of which there are apparently 22 remaining. William Penn (of Pennsylvania fame) was born within the Liberty.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Tower Liberty
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Tower Liberty
We normally rotate our memorial pictures as necessary to make sure the statue...
Tower Liberty boundary
This marker was formerly attached to the western range of buildings at St Kat...
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James Norris Pimm, Deputy
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. Had a twin, Thomas. Ancestry has a good post with lots about him. That page says "his uncle was James Pimm who invented that famous drink." ...
1 memorial
R. C. E. Austin
LLM, Town Clerk, active in the 1950s and 60s. Andrew Behan has researched Austin: Robert Charles Edwin Austin LL.M was born on 31 January 1900 in Fulham, the son of Charles Edwin Austin and Mary A...
2 memorials
William Petty, Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
Born Dublin to a wealthy Anglo-Irish family. Opposed to war with America and during his 7 months as Prime Minister he granted independence to the American Colonies. George III called him "the Jesui...
1 memorial
Harold P. Bastie, Alderman
Chairman Highways Committee. Andrew Behan researched Bastie: Harold Percival Doughty Bastie was born on 24 February 1913 and his birth was registered in Edmonton, Middlesex. He was the second chil...
1 memorial
William Hawkins
1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. a builder's labourer". At the time this was not a normal occupation for a Trustee of something like Lopping Hall. We wonder if ...
1 memorial
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English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
421 memorials
8 Grenville Street
The Marchmont Association thoroughly research their plaques and they found some interesting information about Barrie’s home: “Barrie (1937) writes (in the third person) about his first residences ...
1 memorial
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