This covered a roughly square-shaped area, bounded by: (clockwise) Bateman's Row, Shoreditch High Street Holywell Lane, Curtain Road. Founded 1152/8 by Robert Fitz Generan and you won't be surprised to learrn that it was named after a holy well. Dissolved in 1539 as part of the Dissolution of the Monesteries.
Our picture source, the wonderful app Time Travel Explorer discusses the interesting and puzzling feature on the map jus to the west of the Priory.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Holywell Priory
This area formed part of Holywell Priory, founded 1152/8, dissolved 1539, nam...
From the picture source website: "Rescues places of worship in England that are no longer in use. We aim to hand them onto future generations in good condition, as the physical record of religiou...
Our photo of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle officiating at the church's opening comes from a previous incarnation (appropriate expression?) of the Kingston Spiritualist Church website. Now, 2020, there is ...
Wikipedia tells the sorry story of this man. Born to a West African slave woman in Jamaica, his father, James Wedderburn, being a Scottish doctor and plantation owner, who had children by several ...
Popularly known as the Brompton Oratory. Founded the year after Cardinal Newman established the Birmingham Oratory.
Priest and social reformer. Born Australia to parents who were there as missionaries. Educated in England. Vicar of Christ Church, Watney Street from 1929-48. Held left-wing views that he acted...
Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare, Australia
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