Born Westminster. Nicknamed "Longshanks". Reigned 1272 - 1307. Responsible for the expulsion of Jews from England. Died near Carlisle on route to a battle with the king of Scotland, Robert the Bruce, at Burgh on Sands.
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King Edward I
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Charing Cross
Around the monument are 8 standing, crowned statues of Eleanor. This is a rec...
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Sir Henry De la Beche
Born Welbeck Street. An unusual childhood: his father changed their name from Beach to create a fictional connection with the medieval Barons De la Beche of Aldworth. Inheriting a slave plantation ...
1 memorial
King James II
England's last Roman Catholic king, James II of England but James VII of Scotland. Born in St James's Palace and designated Duke of York until he ascended the throne in 1685 on the death of his bro...
8 memorials
Bishop Wood of Croydon
Wilfred Denniston Wood was Bishop of Croydon 1985 -2003, the first black bishop in the Church of England. He came second in the "100 Great Black Britons" list in 2004. Born in Barbados, ordained th...
1 memorial
Robert Aske
Son of a draper. Worked as a haberdasher; 1643 became a Freeman of the Haberdashers Company; 1666 elected an Alderman of the City of London. He became Master of the Haberdashers' Company. But the r...
1 memorial
Ignatius Sancho
Writer, shopkeeper and socialite. Born on a slave ship bound for the West Indies (his birth year is approximate). His first name was Charles, but he was baptised Ignatius. His mother died soon afte...
2 memorials
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