A house in Creechurch Lane was converted to a synagogue for the Sephardi Jews (Spanish and Portuguese) which opened in 1657. This was enlarged but the increase in numbers quickly made a purpose-built synagogue necessary and it opened in Bevis Marks in 1699.
Meanwhile the Great Synagogue was built in Duke's Place in 1690.
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First synagogue after resettlement
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First synagogue after resettlement
Sure looks like a City of London plaque but the text around the edge is diffe...
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Saint Ethelburga / Aethelburh
Founder and Abbess of Barking. Probably used the manor in what is now Battersea Park. Sister of Saint Erkenwald. Died after 686.
1 memorial
Howell Powell Edwards
Born Wales.  Studied at Oxford and entered the church. Married Elizabeth Pugh, the daughter of the family where he was working as tutor. Oxford Council Member and Canon of Llandaff Cathedral.  H...
1 memorial
Ewer Street Burial Ground
St Saviour's Southwark has some good reports describing this burial ground at various times: 1822 - a report of a body-snatching incident; 1839 - a report of its over-filled "repulsive" condition; ...
1 memorial
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