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Westminster Monastery

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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.

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Westminster Monastery

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Tachbrook - Abbots

Abbots House To commemorate the Abbots of the Monastery of Westminster who fo...

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Diocese of London

Diocese of London

From the Picture source: The Diocese of London is the group of Church of England organisations located in North London. It comprises parishes, schools, chaplaincies, missional communities and other...

Group, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
Rev. Henry Allon

Rev. Henry Allon

Born near Hull.  Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with Thomas Lewis, taking sole charge on Lewis's death in 1852, until his own death.   Friends with Gladstone and Asquith (wh...

Person, Religion

2 memorials
A. S. Diamond

A. S. Diamond

President of the West London Synagogue in 1964 and a Master of the Supreme Court.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Hardiman

Hardiman

Committee Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Gregory Gunne

Gregory Gunne

From Catholic Herald:The convent’s very existence fulfils the prophecy made in 1585 by Fr Gregory Gunne when, during his own trial, he rebuked an Elizabethan court for having sentenced St Edmund Ca...

Person, Religion

1 memorial