Born between 322 and 331. Known as Monica of Hippo she is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras), Algeria. Mother of Saint Augustine.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Born between 322 and 331. Known as Monica of Hippo she is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras), Algeria. Mother of Saint Augustine.
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:
Saint Monica
Originally founded as a mission in 1842, it was built to serve the local Catholic community, many of whom had come from Ireland to work on the railways and in the shipyards.
Chairman of the London Congregational Union, and pastor of Park Chapel, Crouch End in 1892.
Built on the site of the Norman fortification known as Baynard's Castle which was demolished in 1213. Blackfriars Priory was initially a house and church for the Dominican Order (guess what colour ...
Named in memory of the Countess Helen Tasker (1823–88) of Middleton Hall, Brentwood, one of the main benefactors. The church was consecrated by Archbishop Manning in 1869 and became part of the Arc...
Born Warwickshire. Bishop of Chester 1828 - 48 when he was elevated to Archbishop of Canterbury. Brother to Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester. Died at his summer residence in Croydon, Addington ...
Also designed the eastern façade of Buckingham Palace, the entrance façade to the V&A Museum, Admiralty Arch and the French Huguenot Church in Soho Square.
Author and publisher. Born Leonard Sidney Woolf in Kensington. After working in the Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Civil Service, he returned to Britain where he met and married Virginia Stephen. Together ...
Four stone bridges have spanned the Thames at this point. The first was built in about 1210 and lasted right through the medieval period. This was the one that had the spikes and is shown in some d...
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Niece of her predecessor, King William IV. Her first name was Alexandrin...
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