The oldest church in the City, founded by the Saxon Abbey of Barking. Built on the site of a Roman building. Expanded and rebuilt several times. A nearby explosion in 1650 demolished the west tower. During the Great Fire of 1666 William Penn's father arranged for the surrounding buildings to be demolished to act as a fire break and so saved the church and Pepys used it as a vantage point from which to view the conflagration. In 1940 the church was badly damaged by bombs with only the tower and walls remaining. The reconstruction work completed in 1957. William Penn was baptised here. John Adams was married here. It is an interesting church to visit. Church's website.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
All Hallows, Barking
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Tower Liberty
We normally rotate our memorial pictures as necessary to make sure the statue...
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Bishop George L. Craven
Born Staffordshire as George Laurence Craven. Catholic Hierarchy lists his various titles.
1 memorial
Canon Richard Watson Dixon
Born Islington. Ecclesiastical historian and poet. At Pembroke College, Oxford, he became one of the ‘Birmingham Group’ along with William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. He was considered for Poe...
1 memorial
Friends’ Meeting House - Hammersmith
Hammersmith Quakers gives: "Members of the Society of Friends (better known as Quakers) have been living and worshipping in Hammersmith since 1658 when Hammersmith and Chiswick were farming village...
1 memorial
Great Synagogue, Dukes Place
This was not actually the first synagogue built after the Jews returned to England in the 17th century, that was the synagogue at Creechurch Lane. The Duke's Place Great Synagogue was constructed ...
1 memorial
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Harmsworth - IWM
SE1, Lambeth Road, Imperial War Museum
The Harmsworth plaque is inside the entrance lobby to the Museum, just to the right of our photo.
War dead | WW1
7 subjects commemorated
7 subjects commemorated
Marjorie Phillips
Secretary to Victor Watson. Somtimes spelt 'Marjory' but the plaque has 'ie'.
1 memorial
Thomas Chatterton - second
EC1, Brooke Street
Plaques are designed to be laid into brickwork, as this was on its first building. A rather complicated frame arrangement has been necess...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Sir Joshua Reynolds - Great Newport Street
WC2, Great Newport Street, 5, The Photographers Gallery
April 2016: Our colleague Alan Patient reports that this plaque is now lost, or, at the very least hidden, behind the large "White Space...
Sir George Williams
WC1, Russell Square
In the photograph of the current building the plaque is behind the portico.
2 subjects commemorated