Building    From 1550  To 1940

First Dutch church, Austin Friars

Categories: Religion

Countries: Netherlands

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.

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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...

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Dutch Church

HKH Irene Prinses der Nederlanden, legde de eerste steen van dit Kerkgebouw d...

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Patrick Packingham

Patrick Packingham

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2 memorials
Alexander Caesar d'Anterroches

Alexander Caesar d'Anterroches

Bishop of Condom (really, check Googlemaps).

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1 memorial
Rt. Revd. Bishop R. W. Stannard

Rt. Revd. Bishop R. W. Stannard

Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners in 1973.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Edward Burrough

Edward Burrough

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Person, Religion

1 memorial
John Davy

John Davy

Monk at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial

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Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust / Holocaust Memorial Day

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Event, History, Tragedy, Austria, Germany, Poland

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The Reverend Alan Greenbat, OBE

The Reverend Alan Greenbat, OBE

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Person, Armed Forces, Philanthropy, Religion

1 memorial
Hitchcock mosaics 14 - To Catch a Thief, 1955

Hitchcock mosaics 14 - To Catch a Thief, 1955

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6 artists/craftspeople and 5 organisations are named as creating this Gallery of 17 murals. Rather than repeat this information on all 17...

1 subject commemorated
Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor

Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor

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Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial