Reigned: 1485 - 1509. Buried Westminster Abbey.
2025: Ian Visits reported on the effigy head held by Westminster Abbey, its history and the plans to create a high resolution 3D model.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King Henry VII
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Faryner's shop
Near this site stood the shop belonging to Thomas Faryner, the King's baker, ...
Greenwich Palace
The plaque was unveiled to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Queen Elizabe...
John Blanke
Black trumpeter John Blanke musician at the courts of Henry VII & Henry V...
John Blanke - Trinity Laban Conservatoire
'fl' stands for 'floruit' (Latin) which means 'he or she flourished', and den...
Other Subjects
King Henry I
King of England 1100 - 1135. Fourth son of William the Conqueror, possibly born in Yorkshire. Father to Empress Matilda / Empress Maud. Died in Normandy which he had conquered in 1106.
2 memorials
dissolution of the monasteries
In 1534, for reasons not only to do with his marital situation, Henry VIII broke with Rome, the Pope and the Catholic Church. At the time the Catholic monasteries (and abbeys, priories, convents an...
Event, Politics & Administration, Property, Religion, Royalty
4 memorials
King James I
Born Edinburgh Castle, son of Mary Queen of Scots. By the age of 13 months his father, Darnley had been murdered and his mother forced to abdicate, making him King James VI of Scotland. He had been...
7 memorials
Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll
Born at Buckingham Palace, sixth child of Queen Victoria. Was a talented sculptress taught, and possibly more, by Joseph Boehm. In 1871 caused a stir by marrying John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, M...
9 memorials
Queen Anne
Born St James's Palace. Reigned 1702 - 14. Married Prince George of Demark in 1683. From 17 pregnancies only 5 children lived long enough to be christened and the longest surviving died aged 11. An...
12 memorials
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Charles Morgan
Playwright, novelist and critic. Born Bromley, Kent, son of the engineer Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan. Died at the house with the plaque.
1 memorial
Colonial Office - S11 - Lewis
SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Jan Verbruggen
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1763, he and his son Pieter were appointed master founders at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich in 177...
2 memorials
Parachute mines
These were used initially by the Royal Air Force Bomber Command and the German Luftwaffe in 1940-41. They acted as blast bombs and were capable of killing up to 100 people.
1 memorial
British Telecom
A number of privately owned telegraph companies operated in Britain from 1846 onwards. In 1868 these all came under the control of the newly formed GPO (General Post Office). With the invention of ...
3 memorials
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