Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Hallywel
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Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
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John Routh
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
Born Reading. 1628 became Bishop of London. 1633 became Archbishop of Canterbury. Supported Charles I, opposed many of the church practices that had come in during Queen Elizabeth's reign and perse...
Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
Thomas Reeding
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
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Noam Chomsky
Linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic, and activist. A prominent intellectual and cultural figure. Born Pennsylvania.
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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
E1, Whitechapel Road, Royal London Hospital
English Heritage Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1...
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men and women of the London Midland and Scottish Railway
The building in which some of these people worked is nearby. 1934 Euston House was built on what is now Eversholt Street as the headquarters of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Designed by...
Croydon Grand Theatre and Opera House
The theatre was opened by Herbert Beerbohm Tree and it originally produced plays and melodrama. By the 1920s it had become a venue for touring companies. Sarah Bernhardt and Sir Henry Irving were g...
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