Nonconformist minister. Born Wales. Began his education for ministry in Wellclose Square in 1759. Worked at a number of London congregations until 1783 when he settled at the Old Jewry Meeting-house where he remained for the rest of his life. Edited Rees's Cyclopædia, 1778 - 1820. Died at home in Artillery Place, Finsbury. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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Abraham Rees, DD
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Bunhill burial ground - 5
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St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, churchyard garden
Churchyard closed for burials and given to the Vestry of Bermondsey on 17 May 1882, it was opened to the public on 28 February 1883.
1 memorial
St John the Baptist upon Walbrook
First recorded in the 12th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt. This 1799 map shows the whole site marked as "churchyard". The congregation merged with St Antholin Budge Row. The...
2 memorials
C. E. Leighton Thomson
Vicar of Chelsea Old Church 1950-92. From 1986 was a canon of St Paul's. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Prebendary Clarke Edward Leighton Thomson was born on 25 April 1919 in ...
1 memorial
St Alphage Church
Escaped the Great Fire. Demolished and rebuilt in 1774-7. Unused it was demolished in 1923 leaving part of the tower and the porch but then that was badly burnt in WW2. There is a related ruin jus...
1 memorial
John Owen, DD
Church leader. Â Born Oxfordshire. Â Chaplain to Cromwell. Â Died Ealing. Â Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
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