The burial place of the heart of Roesia of Dover, great great grand-daughter of the founder of this abbey Richard de Lucy.
SE2, Abbey Road, Lesnes Abbey ruins
The plaque is in the middle of the rear wall.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Roesia of Dover
Born in Lucé, near Domfront, Normandy, his name is also spelt 'de Luci'. He i...
Great great grand-daughter of Richard de Lucy, founder of Lesnes Abbey. All t...
Pronounced Lez-ness. Founded by Richard de Lucy, as a penance for his role in...
The wall this plaque is on possibly belongs to the Inter-Continental Hotel but there was another building here in 1950; probably a hotel ...
Patrick Blackett, 1897 - 1974, physicist and scientific advisor, lived here 1953 - 1969. English Heritage
The Library Time Machine has a good post on St Mary Abbots itself.
English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 writers and reformers, lived here.
This 1884 building was designed by Sir John Sulman. Both plaques are on the walls of the clock tower. One you can see in our photo, the ...
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