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
Charles Gulliver Fryer
Vicar of St John's Church, Eltham. Son of William Fryer of Wimborne. Lived at Well Hall and late in his life at Sussex Square, Brighton.
1 memorial
Rt. Revd. Bishop R. W. Stannard
Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners in 1973.
1 memorial
1 memorial
St Mary’s church, Greenwich
One of architect George Basevi's early commissions - he was brought up in Greenwich. Demolished in 1935. To us the tower seems out of proportion to the pedimented portico.
1 memorial
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist. Born to an aristocratic Russian family. 1870s had a spiritual awakening and become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist.
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Religion, Seriously Famous, Russia
1 memorial
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