Puritan pastor. Birth date approximate. Appointed vicar of St Giles Cripplegate in 1658 but ejected by the 1662 Act of Uniformity, along with about 2,000 other clergymen who refused to adhere to the rites of the established church. Thus the concept of "non-conformist" was born. Father of Susanna Wesley.
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Rev. Samuel Annesley
Commemorated ati
Susanna Wesley monument
In the Bunhill Fields Burial Ground opposite lie the remains of Susannah Wesl...
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West London Synagogue
The synagogue community was founded in 1840 and moved to Upper Berkeley Street in 1870.
3 memorials
Rev. Evelyn Howard Morton
Rector of St Nicholas Tooting Graveney from 1893 until at least 1897, he was the eldest son of his predecessor in this role, Edward Howard Morton, rector 1880-1893. By 1897 Edward was retired in Bo...
1 memorial
Hugh Laverock
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Lame. When in the flames he said to Apprice who was sharing the stake: "Hold on, John, it won't be for long: remember t...
1 memorial
William Cotton
William Cotton FRS was an inventor, merchant, philanthropist, and governor of the Bank of England 1842-5. He helped build St John's Church Leytonstone in 1833, and 75 other churches in London. He ...
1 memorial
Josemaria Escriva
Born Spain. He became a Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and that ordinary l...
1 memorial
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