Writer of hymns and religious studies. Born Jemima Thompson in Islington. She planned to do missionary work in India, but illness prevented her from doing so. She married the Reverend Samuel Luke, who became pastor at the Orange Street Chapel in London. Writer of several hymns including 'I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Mrs Jemima Luke
{On the plaque to the right of the door:} Orange Street Congregational Churc...
Playwright and novelist. Born Kirriemuir, Scotland. Moved to London, Bloomsbury, in 1885 for his writing career. Less than 5 foot tall he was not very successful with women and developed a habit of...
Children's author. Born Surrey as James Anthony Bowen. His mother moved him as a child to Australia. Aged 17 he returned to the UK but he became homeless, began begging and started using heroin. Hi...
Edward Frederic. Writer best know for the Mapp and Lucia series set in the village of Tilling, actually Rye, which Benson first visited to see Henry James who was staying there. Born Wellington C...
Historian. Born into a family of gun and rifle manufacturers, he was a prolific writer of books, mainly about the local history of London. He also founded The London Thirteen Club as a means of de...
Established in the medieval period and referenced by Shakespeare in 'Henry VI' and by Dickens in 'Pickwick Papers'. Not to be confused with the nearby White Hart at 22 Great Suffolk Street.
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
Engraver, caricaturist and illustrator, best known for his political caricatures and for his illustrations for Charles Dickens novels. His father, Isaac, and brother, Robert, were also illustrators...
In the middle of the morning rush hour four bombs went off on three tube trains, at 8.50am and a bus, at 9.47am. 52 people died. Plaques commemorating the victims have been placed at each of the b...
The first recorded Mayor of London: 1189 to 1212. Alternative spelling: Fitz-Ailwyn. His father was known as Eylwin de Londenstane (of London Stone).
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