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Westminster Monastery

Categories: Religion

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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W. Spruce

W. Spruce

Committee Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
St Bartholomew by the Exchange

St Bartholomew by the Exchange

Church recorded since the 13th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire 1666, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1841 so that Threadneedle Street could be widened.

Building, Religion

1 memorial
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
John Williams

John Williams

"Martyred" missionary. Born Tottenham. Trained as a foundry worker and mechanic. In 1817 the London Missionary Society sent him and his wife to the Pacific Islands where they took the good word to ...

Person, Race Issues, Religion, Tragedy, Pacific Islands

1 memorial
Edward de Montjoie Rudolf

Edward de Montjoie Rudolf

Born at 63 Pleasant Place, West Square, Lambeth. Aged 13 he became the family's sole wage-earner, as an office boy. From then on he was self-educated. Got a job as a civil servant and was a volunte...

Person, Children, Peace, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial