A group of evangelical Christians, who worshipped at Holy Trinity Church in Clapham and centred on William Wilberforce, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and other religious, philanthropic and moral causes. The name, the Clapham Sect, was not used until 1844. See the Holy Trinity memorial for a list of the 10 important members.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Clapham Sect
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Clapham Sect - SW11
The Clapham Sect. Members of the British anti-slavery movement met at Batters...
Holy Trinity Clapham - Wilberforce
William Wilberforce and 'the Clapham Sect' worshipped in this church. Their ...
Rev and Dr Venn
Venn Street, SW4 The Reverend John Venn (1759 - 1813), after whom this street...
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Henry J. McCulloch
My Primitive Methodists has found mentions of this man at: Foundation-stone laying, Arthur’s Hill, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Cambridge St Peters Street Primitive Methodist chapel : "H. J. McCulloch, Esq.,...
1 memorial
Sir Harry Arieh Simon Djanogly, CBE
Textile manufacturer and philanthropist. His family fled from France after the Nazi occupation and he was naturalised as a British subject on 1 November 1948. In 1986 he merged his Nottingham Manuf...
1 memorial
Joseph and Mary Knight
From Diocese of Westminster: After 1840 "They planned a Catholic foundation in the parish and purchased, for £5,000, two and a half acres of land which had formerly been the Wellington Cricket Grou...
1 memorial
Help for Heroes
Charity. Founded as a non-political, non-critical organisation by Bryn and Emma Parry, out of a desire to help the wounded servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
1 memorial
Andrew Gibb
Ship-repairer and philanthropist. Born in Glasgow. After serving his apprenticeship in shipbuilding, he came to London to ply his trade. He was deacon of St Mark's Presbyterian Church in Greenwich,...
1 memorial
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