Monks were first brought to Westminster in about 960 AD by St Dunstan, then Bishop of London. The Monastery spread out over the area now occupied by Westminster Abbey and Westminster School The earliest surviving parts of the buildings are from about 1245.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Westminster Monastery
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Tachbrook - Abbots
Abbots House To commemorate the Abbots of the Monastery of Westminster who fo...
Other Subjects
Henry Adlington
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
St Pancras
Christian orphan beheaded aged 14. Patron Saint of children, cramps, headaches, oaths, treaties, against false witness and against perjury.
2 memorials
Orange Street Chapel
Also known as the Leicester Fields chapel. Founded by Huguenot refugees who fled from France at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Occupied: - 1693-1776 by the Huguenots, - 1776-1...
3 memorials
Kingston Spiritualist Church
Our photo of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle officiating at the church's opening comes from a previous incarnation (appropriate expression?) of the Kingston Spiritualist Church website. Now, 2020, there is ...
4 memorials
Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars
Their odd name is just a corruption of 'Crossed', a reference to the red cloth cross which they wore on their garments. The Crutched Friars House in the City was founded at the end of the 13th cen...
1 memorial
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