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Place    From 1686  To 25/6/1894

Tower Liberty

Tower Liberty

The area in and around the Tower which was free from the jurisdiction of the City of London. Initially the Liberties of the Tower were restricted to the area within its walls and the land on Tower Hill. Three territories were added by James II's charter of 1686: the Minories, the Artillery Ground and the Wellclose. The Liberties were formally abolished on 25 June 1894. gives a larger picture. gives more information about the markers, of which there are apparently 22 remaining. William Penn (of Pennsylvania fame) was born within the Liberty.

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Tower Liberty

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Tower Liberty

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Tower Liberty boundary

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Other Subjects

Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson

Churchwarden at St Giles Church in 1865.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Spicer (stationery)

Henry Spicer (stationery)

Born Islington into the stationery family. Trustee of Islington Union Chapel.  MP for Islington South. 1885-6. Henry Spicer was the eldest of the ten children of Henry S. J. Spicer (1801-1877) a...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Oliver Tambo

Oliver Tambo

Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape. President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse o...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South Africa

1 memorial
Edwin George Moore

Edwin George Moore

Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary and General Purpose Committee, St Pancras Vestry in the late 1800s.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, KG, PC.

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, KG, PC.

Charles Lennox was born on 3 August 1791 in Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London, the son of Charles Lennox (1764-1819) and Charlotte Lennox née Lady Charlotte Gordon (1768-1842). His Wikiped...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial