In the south-east corner of Cornhill and Gracechurch Street. Â A medieval church on the highest point of the City of London. Â The legend about its origin given on the Cornhill Insurance door is from . Â Destroyed in the Great Fire and rebuilt by Wren.
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St Peter’s Cornhill
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CI - 1 - Christianity
St Peter’s Cornhill founded by King Lucius 179 AD to be an Archbishop’s see a...
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Rev. Alexander Raleigh
The 1865 Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine, Volume 1 reports that from September to October Raleigh opened an iron chapel in Croydon and a chapel in Maidstone. That publication also inc...
1 memorial
Westminster Monastery
Monks were first brought to Westminster in about 960 AD by St Dunstan, then Bishop of London.  The Monastery spread out over the area now occupied by Westminster Abbey and Westminster School The e...
1 memorial
Charles Wesley
Born Epworth, Lincolnshire. Renowned Hymn writer. 21 May 1738 experienced his conversion (3 days before his brother's) at John Bray’s home where he was seriously ill in bed. Buried at the old paris...
8 memorials
War dead, WW2
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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