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...
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Church of Christ Scientist - SW1
A Grade II listed building designed in the Byzantine Revival style by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. In its heyday it had congregations of up to 1400, but as attendance diminished, they moved to a small...
1 memorial
Rev. H. A. Squire
Rev. Henry Augustus Squire, an itinerant preacher. Founding President (for 21 years) of the Old Baptist Union. Born Hertford. Died Stoke Newington. Henry Squire was a Baptist minister in England i...
1 memorial
Revd. Thomas Helmore
Choir-master and hymn-writer. Born Kidderminster. Died at home in Pimlico.
1 memorial
All Hallows Church, Bread Street
Building pulled down and the parish united for ecclesiastical purposes with the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow.
1 memorial
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Folgate Street houses
E1, Folgate Street , 12 - 14
Folgate Street was known as White Lion Street until 1938. On the south side of the street number 10, two houses to the left (east) of 12...
1 subject commemorated
Orwell - Parliament Hill
NW3, Parliament Hill, 77
Orwell lived here for 6 months in 1935 while he was working in the South End Green Bookshop and writing "Keep the Aspidstra Flying". Unv...
1 subject commemorated,
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Anne Seymour Damer
Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) was a sculptor, author, traveller, theatrical producer and actress. Honorary exhibitor at the Royal Academy 1784-1818. Divorced after 7 years of marriage, 2 years la...
1 memorial
Paul Verlaine
French poet. Born Metz, France. Has been described as an ugly, homicidal alcoholic. He effectively eloped from his own marriage to live with Rimbaud. Following his imprisonment for attempted murder...
4 memorials
Jewish newspaper
E1, Whitechapel High Street, Albert's, 88
The building's listing entry describes this sign, 1934-5 designed by Arthur Szyk: “a metal relief, painted gold and fixed to the wall. Th...
2 subjects commemorated
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