Founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Born Leicestershire. Died in a house near the Gracechurch Street meeting house. The exact location of his grave in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground is unknown.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
George Fox
Commemorated ati
Quakers - garden
This unusual memorial is made out of slates and shaped to resemble a burial m...
Quakers - Memorial Buildings
To the left of this huge plaque there is a small, simple and extremely well-m...
Other Subjects
City Temple Church
The current church was built in 1874, destroyed by enemy action on 16 April 1941, and rebuilt by 1955.
Edmund William Richardson
Company Secretary of the Planet Building Society. c.1871 he demolished the old Friary House and built the present house in which he lived until his death. British History Online details some prop...
Lesnes Abbey
Pronounced Lez-ness. Founded by Richard de Lucy, as a penance for his role in the murder of Thomas Becket. It never grew to any great size, and was closed by Cardinal Wolsey under a licence to supp...
Saint Augustine
Theologian and philosopher. Also known as Augustine of Hippo. Born in Thagaste (now Souk Ahras), Algeria. He was brought up as a Christian by his mother, Saint Monica. He travelled to teach in Rome...
Baptist Union
One of the branches of Protestant Christianity. Modern Baptist churches trace their history to the English Separatist movement in the 1600s. Not to be confused with the Old Baptist Union.
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