Also known as Mazdayasna, it Is one the world's oldest religions, with its roots possibly stretching back to the second millennium B.C. Zoroastra is the Greek name for Zarathustra. Adherents believe in one supreme God, named Ahura Mazda. Its theology includes a duty to protect nature, which has led it be called the world's first ecological religion.
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Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrian Centre This art deco cinema building was designed in 1936 by F. E...
Rector of St Nicholas Tooting Graveney in 1828 when the school was rebuilt and enlarged. From Morden: "There was a sad ending to this festive day, as within two hours of the consecration {of the c...
Christian Socialist and pacifist. Born 36 Knoll Road, Wandsworth.  Keen sportsman but gave up cricket when (at college we think) as the bowler, he accidentally killed the batsman.  As well as under...
Cleric. Born near All Hallows, Barking. He served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester, and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible.
A church was built in about 1200 near the Tyburn Tree, on the bank of the Tyburn River. In 1400 this was demolished and replaced with a church, St Marys, at the location of the plaque. The river, o...
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