Individuals and groups were sent to places where a need was seen for Christian instruction, normally in foreign parts. The Moravian Church began sending out missionaries in 1732. The China Inland Mission was established for this very purpose.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Missionary work
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Rev. Peebles Fleming
Minister of Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church in 1957. Our photo comes from Jersey Heritage where it is captioned: "Photograph of the Reverend W. Peebles Fleming, the new minister of St John...
1 memorial
Joseph Hughes
Baptist minister. Born Hand Court, Holborn. Closely associated with Samuel Stennett's Little Wild Street chapel. With their help he established a chapel in Battersea in June 1797 where he was pasto...
1 memorial
John Patteson
Instituted as Rector of Christ Church Spitalfields on 15 Feb 1856 and still there in 1867. Not to be confused with John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia (1827 – 1871). Our colleague Andrew ...
1 memorial
Lambe's Chapel and crypt / St James in the Wall
In 1543, after the dissolution of the monasteries, the hermitage Chapel of St James in the Wall was granted to William Lambe. It was adjacent to his residence, beside London Wall in Monkwell Street...
1 memorial
St Luke's Church - Charlton
Mentioned as early as 1077, the present church was built with funds left by Charlton House's owner Sir Adam Newton. Spencer Perceval is buried here.
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bentley Motor Car
W1, Chagford Street, 48
Google Street View shows the plaque in place March 2022 but just an empty frame in August 2022.
1 subject commemorated
Doris Ethel Sturch
Doris Ethel Palmer was born on 18 February 1910, the eldest child of Albert Edward Palmer (1883-1941) and Sarah Caroline Elizabeth Palmer née Finch (1884-1951). Her birth was registered in the 1st ...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Eric Vernon Sansom
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW2.
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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