St. Peter's Church, Vere Street, was designed by James Gibbs, built by Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and opened in 1724 as Marylebone Chapel. In 1952 it became a chapel of ease, attached to All Souls Church Langham Place, and in 1983 the home of The Institute for Contemporary Christianity.
W1, Vere Street
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Peter's Vere Street
Founded by Edward Harley and designed by James Gibbs. Once known as the Maryl...
Politician and patron of the arts. MP for Radnor from 1711 to 1714, and for C...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
St Peter's Vere Street
Founded by John Stott. It aims to 'envision and equip Christians to engage bi...
Gordon Pirie, 1931 - 1991, South London Harriers and Coulsdon resident, held 5 world records including the 4 x 1500m relay with local ath...
The shield with the red crosses is from the Coat of arms of the City of London and suggests that the Corporation was responsible for its ...
Geoffrey Mills was the pilot - see his page for more details. Our information comes from the British Newspaper Archive: the Birmingham Da...
See the very similar southern entrance.
See the plaque at the entrance for more information about these 5 plaques.
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