Sermons had been preached at Paul's Cross since at least the 12th century. In 1449 Bishop Kemp had it rebuilt and it remained in that form until in 1643 the puritanical Long Parliament ordered its destruction. It was an open octagonal booth with a pitched roof on top of which stood a cross. In 1874 the foundations of the Cross were discovered.
The of 5 November 1910 carries a report of the opening ceremony for the memorial and gives some details of the history of the Cross.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Paul's Cross
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Paul's Cross
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Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs
The private boys school Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in Hackney Wick and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in de...
4 memorials
J. Rider Smith
Represented the London Congregational Union Planning Committee in 1957. From the 1934 Chronicle of the London Missionary Society: "Director of the Society, and President of the Metropolitan Auxili...
2 memorials
Sir Francis Lycett
Methodist Worthies by George John Stevenson Vol IV, 1885, has a biography which tells the story of the 50 chapels, claiming that he laid the foundations of 40. We find this hard to believe (show us...
1 memorial
Rev. George Henley Manbey, M.A. Oxon.
Vicar-designate of St Albans Chiswick in 1887. From The Life and Death of Andy Ducat by Jonathan Northall (pdf):Â Â "... Crompton House School which would later become Southend Grammar School. Crom...
1 memorial
Dean Richard William Church
Dean of St Paul’s from 1871 to 1890. Died Dover. 2019: We were contacted by Ann Hentschel who told us that church was born Lisbon, Portugal, not Newport, Wales, as we had read elsewhere. Ann has p...
2 memorials
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