Sermons had been preached at Paul's Cross since at least the 12th century. In 1449 Bishop Kemp had it rebuilt and it remained in that form until in 1643 the puritanical Long Parliament ordered its destruction. It was an open octagonal booth with a pitched roof on top of which stood a cross. In 1874 the foundations of the Cross were discovered.
The New York Times of 5 November 1910 carries a report of the opening ceremony for the memorial and gives some details of the history of the Cross.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paul's Cross
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Paul's Cross
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James Baldwin Brown
Born 10, Harcourt Buildings, in the Inner Temple, to a barrister father with the same name. Congregational minister. 1846 elected as pastor at Claylands Chapel. 1870/1 Brown took most of his congre...
1 memorial
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
Born Totteridge. Ordained into the Church of England in 1833, the same year he married Caroline Sargent, who died in 1837, childless. Member of the Oxford Movement and converted to Catholicism in...
1 memorial
Rev. F. W. Briggs
1841 an assistant chaplain in Madras, India. Vicar at St Matthias from at least 1883 until 1896 when he was promoted away.
1 memorial
Old Meeting Congregational Church - Uxbridge
The Old Meeting Congregational Church was founded in the 1660s, but meetings were held in the homes of members until 1716 when their first meeting house was erected. Thomas Ebenezer Beasley was the...
1 memorial
George Burder
Non-conformist minister. Born in Islington. One of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Died in Brunswick Square in his son's home. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
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