Evangelist. Born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She married fellow methodist William Booth in 1855, and they embarked on a preaching tour of the country. Returning to London in 1864, they started work on forming the Salvation Army. She died in Clacton and over 30.000 people lined the route of her funeral procession in London.
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Catherine Booth
The statue was dedicated on the centenary of Catherine Booth's birth, and aga...
{On the plaque attached to the front of the plinth:} Here, in East London, Ca...
The 1745 Association (who ought to know) writes: "The plaque on the side of t...
Biblical scholar and headmaster. Born Staffordshire, his father a Wesleyan minister. Became a Wesleyan minister and then the first headmaster of the Leys School, Cambridge in 1875 and remained ther...
Building pulled down and the parish united for ecclesiastical purposes with the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow.
Geological theorist. Published "Sacred Theory of the Earth".
The church, dating back to the 9th century, was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. The parsonage survived until at least 1762.
One of the 18 Carthusian Martyrs. Prior of The London Charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery. Refused to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church of England. Martyred at Tyburn.
In loving memory of Scott Lee McGinley, 03 March 1972 - 12 July 2003.
Richard Lincoln was born in 1922, the son of Richard Lincoln (1900-1962) and Lily Lincoln née Needs (b.1902). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1922 in the the City of London registrat...
A stonemason with a business in East Farleigh, Maidstone: The Stone Shop. Now aided by his daughter, he has generously taken it on himself to ensure the Stephen Lawrence memorial is repaired and we...
MacKenzie King did not come all the way from Canada just to open this bridge; he happened to be in London for the coronation of King Geor...
Actor-manager, owner of the Adelphi Theatre. Born in London as William Charles James Lewin. Terriss was murdered as he entered the theatre at a back door by a disgruntled/deranged former employee/...
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