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St Edmund King & Martyr, Lombard Street

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Destroyed in the Great Fire. The new building by Wren, 1670-1679, was damaged by bombing in 1917 but survives.

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St Edmund King & Martyr, Lombard Street

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St Gabriel Fen churchyard

The modern information board above adds nothing of historical interest.

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St Margaret's Church

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1 memorial
Rev. John Corbin

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Leo Tolstoy

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1 memorial
Commissioner Silvia Cox

Commissioner Silvia Cox

Commissioner  in the Salvation Army in 2015.

Person, Religion

1 memorial

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Building, Religion

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Regent's Park bomb

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Collins Music Hall

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Walter Scrimgeour

Walter Scrimgeour

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Person, Commerce

1 memorial
Mr & Mrs Paul Crosfield

Mr & Mrs Paul Crosfield

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