Event    From 3/11/1640  To 1660

Long Parliament

Convened by Charles I, this got its strange name because, through an act of Parliament (passed by, erm, itself) it could not be dissolved unless the members agreed and they didn't, not until after the end of the interregnum in 1660, although it was greatly weakened in 1648 by Cromwell's New Model Army.

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Long Parliament

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Paul's Cross and the Richards family

The figure on top is St Paul, of course.

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Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood

Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...

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4 memorials
Lord Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Lord Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative Prime Minister: 1885-6; 1886-92; 1895-1902. Too many names: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil. Also known as Lord Robert Cecil (before 1865), and Viscount Cranborne (1865-1868). Born...

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3 memorials
James Stillwell

James Stillwell

Trustee of the Norton Folgate almshouses in 1860.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Susan Lawrence

Susan Lawrence

Politician and social reformer.  Born as Arabella Susan Lawrence.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
John Oakes

John Oakes

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.

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1 memorial

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William Thornton
3 memorials
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Born, son of Elizabeth and John Dickens, at No.1 Mile End Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth (where there is a museum). For a map showing many of his London addresses see Londonist. His family were so p...

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49 memorials
Rev. Wilfred Charles Spreadbury

Rev. Wilfred Charles Spreadbury

Vicar of St Barnabas Church, Shacklewell Row immediately after WW2 until 1947 when he was appointed Rector of West Allington with East Allington and Sedgebrook, Lincs. Our colleague, Andrew Behan,...

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1 memorial