The original Austin Friars monestery dates from about 1250. In 1550 Edward VI granted Protestant refugees from the Netherlands permission to establish a church here, the first Dutch Protestant church in the world. Destroyed in WW2.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
First Dutch church, Austin Friars
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Austin Friars & the Queens
To commemorate the visit by Their Majesties Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Beat...
Dutch Church
HKH Irene Prinses der Nederlanden, legde de eerste steen van dit Kerkgebouw d...
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Old Meeting Congregational Church - Uxbridge
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J.J.H. Septimus Pennington, Rector
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Maximilian Kolbe
Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Franciscan killed by the Nazis in 1941.
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