Name derives from the nearby hay (or grass) market. Lost in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1876.
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St Benet Gracechurch
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St Benet Gracechurch
Site of St. Benet Gracechurch, demolished 1876. The Corporation of the City o...
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Young Womens Christian Association
From their website: YWCA was founded in 1855 by Miss Emma Robarts and The Hon Mrs Arthur Kinnaird. Miss Robarts started organising groups for young women who were coming to London for the first ti...
1 memorial
St Margaret's Barking
Church. Originally a small chapel built outside the walls of Barking Abbey. Â Altered and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. Captain Cook was married here in 1762.
1 memorial
St Lawrence Jewry
St Lawrence Jewry is so called because the original twelfth century church stood on the eastern side of the City, then occupied by the Jewish community. That church, built in 1136, was destroyed in...
3 memorials
Sisters of Mercy - Bermondsey
The Sisters of Mercy is an Institute of Catholic nuns (not to be confused with the rock group of the same name). Founded in Dublin by Catherine McAuley (1778 -1841), they have established many educ...
1 memorial
Frederick Denison Maurice
John Frederick Denison Maurice was born 29 August 1805 in Normanston near Lowestoft. He was the founder of the Working Men's College and an organizer of the Christian Socialist movement. He died,...
1 memorial
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