Following is a list of sites in London associated
with Religion
- Bentinck Street Church
- Bishop's Finger
- Done up in wine bar style, not my kind of place
9-10
West Smithfield
- Bishopsgate Church Yard
- Bow Church
- Cardinal Place
- CARLILE, Wilson, Prebendary (1847-1942),
- Founder of the Church Army, lived here.
- Chelsea Old Church
- Church Entry
- Church House - Back up Parliament
- During the WW2 Church House was used for Parliament when it was not possible to use the Westminister site. This happen a number of time. After the war a lot of UN commissions used the building including the War Crimes Commission.
- Da Vinci Code - Church of Our Lady of Paris (correct name Notre Dame de France Church)
- To my knowledge the is no church of Our Lady of Paris in London, but there is a Notre Dame de France Church, and it contains murals by Jean Cocteau. According to Teabing this church has the most blatant M.
- Da Vinci Code - Fleet Street
- While driving along Fleet Street Langdon ans Sophie, figure out which that they need to go to Temple Church
- Da Vinci Code - St Marys Hospital
- The hospital where Silas bought Bishop Aringarosa to be treated. In the book it is not clear which St Marys, but it is likely to be the one in Paddington.
- Da Vinci Code - Temple Church
- Sophie, Langdon, and Teabing search for the clue to the cryptex here, but are supprised by Silas and co.
- Druid site
- The god Teut was worshiped here
- Execution Site - St Pauls Churchyard
- St Pauls Churchyard was primarily used for religious executions. A number of the Gunpowder Plotters were dispatched here.
- Foliage
- Famous for its fixed menu. You get a
starter, main course, cheese and desert. The cooking style is Med /
Californian and has a light fresh touch. The
service is also far less oppressive than it often is in many other
places of this class. Well worth trying.
124
Kensington Church St., 0171 221 9225 - Foliage
This
- George 4 - Scandal
- The future George 4 illicitly married the catholic Maria Herbert in Fleet Prison on the 5 Sep 1745
- Gordon Riots
- The Gordon Riot of 2 June 1780, started out as a public meeting against the repeal of anti Catholic Laws. By the time order was restored over 850 people had died, most prisons emptied many destroyed, and many other properties looted. Lord George Gordon was later hanged.
- Gray's Inn Chapel
- GROSER, Reverend St. John (1890-1966),
- Priest and Social Reformer, lived here.
- Grosvenor Chapel
- Gun Powder Plot - Terrorists
- Guy Fawkes and his co plotters, on the 5 Nov 1606, attempted to blow up the House of Commons during the Kings speech, when almost everybody of any importance would be there. The aim was to overthrow the protestant state and bring an Catholic one. Fortunately the plot was discovered and plotter later executed.
- HUGHES, Hugh Price (1847-1902),
- Methodist Preacher, lived and died here.
- Huguenots Chapel
- IRVING, Edward (1792-1834),
- Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church, lived here.
- Kensington Place
- 201-209 Kensington
Church Street, London W8 7LX, tel: 020 7727 3184
- KHAN, Sir Syed Ahmed (1817-1898),
- Muslim Reformer and Scholar, lived here 1869-1870.
- Leper Hospital
- A 12 century leper hospital stood on the site of the current Church of St Giles in the Field. St Giles was the patron saint of outcasts.
- Lincoln's Inn Chapel
- LINDSEY, Rev. Theophilus (1723-1808),
- Unitarian Minister, founded Essex Street Chapel here in 1774.
- MANNING, Cardinal Henry Edward (1808-1892),
- lived here.
- NEWMAN, John Henry
- In this house John Henry NEWMAN (1801-1890), later Cardinal Newman, spent some of his early years.
- Newman, John Henry Cardinal (1801 - 1890)
- PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804),
- Scientist, Philosopher and Theologian, was Minister to the Gravel Pit Meeting here in 1793-1794.
- Queen's Chapel
- Royal Hospital Chelsea Chapel
- Royal Naval Chapel Greenwich
- Savoy Chapel
- SMITH, William, Member of Parliament (1756-1835),
- Pioneer of religious liberty, lived here.
- SPURGEON, Charles Haddon (1834-1892),
- Preacher, lived here.
- St Martins le Grand - Sanctuary
- This was the site of the largest and probably safest sanctuary in England. All Christians, except traitors, could gain sanctuary if they could get into the church grounds. The route the Tower Hill execution site passed by here, and many a prisoner managed to fight or bride their way in.
- St Pauls Covent Garden - Actors Church
- St. Barnabas House and Chapel
- St. Marylebone old church
- St. Nicholass Church - Pirates
- The original of the Skull and Bone of the pirate flag can be found on the wall of the church.
- St. Pancras Church
- Swiss Church
- Unconsecrated Graveyard
- This is the site of a former unconsecrated graveyard for the area prostitutes. In order to work in this area a licence had to be bought from the local Bishop.
- Unitarian Chapel - Stanford Street
- VON HUGEL, Baron Friedrich (1852-1925),
- Theologian, lived here 1882-1903.
- Wesley Chapel - John Wesley Grave
- WESLEY, John (1703-1791),
- Evangelist, and Founder of Methodism, lived here.
- WILBERFORCE, William
- Member of Parliament. Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect worshipped in this church. Their campaigning resulted in the abolition of slavery in the British Dominions 1833.
- Woodbridge Chapel
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