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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DW_southwark-cathedral_London-England.html
Southwark Cathedral For over 1,000 years Christians have worshipped here: AD 606 - a convent AD 1106 - a priory AD 1540 - a parish church AD 1905 - a cathedral The oldest gothic church building in London. Gower, Chaucer, Shakessp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DV_the-glaziers-hall_London-England.html
The Glaziers Hall Pool of London The land in this area formed part of the site of the cloisters of the Church of St Mary Ouverie, now Southwark Cathedral. After the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540 it was sold and eventually bought by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DU_st-saviours-st-olaves-girls-school_London-England.html
These Gates Were Given By the St. Olaves & St. Saviour's Grammar School Foundation On the Centenary of St. Saviour's & St. Olaves Girls' School AD 2003
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DT_st-saviours-southwark-private-property_London-England.html
The ground between the west side of this warehouse and the footpath opposite extending 93 feet 7 inches from the north end of Church Street to Saint Mary Overy's Dock is the private property of the parish of Saint Saviour's Southwark, the greatest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DS_st-mary-overies-dock_London-England.html
St. Mary Overie's Dock From the 16th century Notice This Dock is a free landing place at which the Parishoners of St. Saviour's Parish are entitled to land goods free of toll. Wardens Office 8, Southwark St. SE1 By order of the Corporati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DR_sir-francis-drake_London-England.html
Sir Francis Drake 1540 - 28th January 1596 Sir Francis Drake was a 16th century explorer, privateer and English National Hero who has inspired countless generations around the world. He was the first English captain to circumnavigate the globe …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DQ_queen-elizabeth-i_London-England.html
Queen Elizabeth I 7th September 1533 - 24th March 1603 Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1558; when England was in a period of great turbulence, fraught with religious tensions, internal political struggles and later threats from the Spanish …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DP_the-legend-of-mary-overie_London-England.html
The Legend of Mary Overie Legend suggests that before the construction of London Bridge in the tenth century a ferry existed here. Ferrying passengers across the River Thames was a lucrative trade. John Overs who, with his watermen and apprentice…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DO_old-thameside-inn_London-England.html
Old Thameside Inn Old Thameside Inn at Picktord's Wharf was formerly a tea warehouse, converted into a pub in the 1980's. Next to it stands a fulf-size model of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind (in which he captured great treasures on the high sea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28DN_old-thameside-inn_London-England.html
Old Thameside Inn The Old Thameside Inn was once an old spice warehouse in the very busy Pickfords Wharf in the Pool of London on docks that date back to the 16th Century. Behind the pub is "The Clink" Street Prison, the private prison of t…
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