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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
23rd July 1989 Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe was born in West London.
23rd July 1986 The Prince Andrew, Duke of York, second son of Queen Elizabeth II , was married to Sarah Ferguson in Westminster Abbey.
23rd July 1975 Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends, premieres in London
23rd July 1966 England beat Argentina 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to reach the World Cup Semi-Finals.
23rd July 1947 Born today: David Essex, London, rock vocalist/actor (That'll be the Day)
23rd July 1946 Born today: Andy MacKay, London, rock sax/oboe (Roxy Music-Dance Away)
23rd July 1940 Blitz all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins
23rd July 1900 Pan-African Congress meets in London
23rd July 1863 Alexandra Park opens in North London
Top Church-related places to visit in London.
London is littered with thousands of churches each with their own stories from their parish, of celebrations of lives, births, marriages, christenings, and obviously more macabre tales and doings...
TOP 10 CHURCH RELATED SIGHTS IN LONDON:
MORE CHURCH SIGHTS:
11. St Brides Wedding Cake @ Fleet Street, London
12. Westminster Abbey @ Dean's Yard, Westminster
13. History of St Sepulchre Church @ Church of St Sepulchre, London
14. St Barnabas Preaching Riots @ St Barnabas Street, Pimlico
15. St Matthews Church @ Hereford Street, Whitechapel, London
16. Temple Church @ Temple, London
17. Notre Dame de France @ 5 Leicester Place, Leicester Square
18. St Dunstan in the East Gardens @ St Dunstan's Hill, Off Roehampton Lane, London
19. Hogarth's Southwark Fair @ Borough High Street, Southwark
20. How To Measure A Cockney? @ St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside
21. St George the Martyr and Dickens @ Borough High Street, Southwark, London
22. Tomb of Richard Pendrell @ St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, London
23. St John's Churchyard @ Nr Wapping Gardens
24. St. Pancras New Church @ Euston Road
25. All Hallows Church @ Byward Street, London
26. St James Church @ Clerkenwell Close
27. St Nicholas' Church @ Deptford Green, London
28. The Royal Exchange @ Cornhill, London
29. Merton Priory @ Merantun Way, Merton
30. London's smallest church @ Iverna Gardens, Kensington
31. Southwark Cathedral @ London Bridge
32. Torrigiano's Henry VII tomb @ Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London
33. Ghost of Alice Hackney @ St Mary at Hill Church, Lovat Lane, London
34. New West End Synagogue @ St Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London
35. St. Giles Cripplegate Church @ Fore Street, Barbican
36. The Rainbow Theatre @ Isledon Road, Finsbury Park
37. Watching for Bodysnatchers @ St Marys Church, Wanstead
38. A Famous Artistic Church @ Battersea Church Road, Battersea
39. The Museum of Garden History @ Lambeth Palace Road, London
40. White Chapel & Altab Ali Park @ Adler Street, Tower Hamlets, London
41. Gypsy Smith Memorial @ North Walthamstow, Hale End
42. The Whispering Gallery @ St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster
43. London Sculpture Comes Home @ 8 Hart Street, City of London
44. Four Minute Mile in 18th Century @ Hackney Road, Shoreditch
45. The Cardinal @ 23 Francis Street, Westminster
46. Michael Caine's Perfect Robot @ 54 Camberwell Road
47. Rugby Was Born Here @ St Clement Danes Church, Strand
48. St Giles Church Ghost @ St Giles Churchyard Passageway
49. St Magnus the Martyr @ Lower Thames Street, London
50. St Marylebone Church @ Marylebone Road
51. St Margarets and Captain Cook @ Abbey Road, Barking
52. Oldest Synagogue in England @ 2 Henage Lane, London
53. The Union Chapel @ Compton Avenue, Islington
54. Little Welsh Chapel.... @ Eastcastle Street
55. Whitechapel Bell Foundry @ 34 Whitechapel Road, London
56. Butterfield's Gothic All Saints @ Margaret Street, London
57. St Botolph's Church Aldgate @ St Botolph's Aldgate, London
58. Lily among the weeds @ Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico
59. Hawksmoor's St George's Church @ Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury
60. St Mary's Church @ High Street, Putney
61. The Actors' Church @ Bedford Street, Covent Garden
62. St Paul's Cathedral @ The Chapter House, St Paul's Churchyard, London
63. A History of differing Worship @ Clydesdale Road
64. St Luke's & Christ Church @ Sydney Street, Kensington, London
65. St James Church @ 197 Piccadilly, London
66. Vicar Haunting the Sanctuary @ Church of St Sepulchre, London
67. St Matthias Church @ 113 Poplar High St, Tower Hamlets
68. The Last Hanged Forger @ Saint Laurence Church, Cowley, Middlesex
69. St Johns Church @ 18 Larcom Street, Walworth, London
70. St Lawrence Jewry @ Gresham Street
71. The Black Madonna of Willesden @ Neasden Lane, Willesden
72. Chingford Mount Cemetary @ Old Church Road, Chingford
73. The Holy Trinity and Clowns @ Beechwood Road, Dalston
74. Caroline Gardens Chapel @ Asylum Road, Peckham
75. Atonement at St. John's @ St. John's, Smith Square
76. Religious Phrase With A Twist @ Westminster Abbey
77. Conan Doyle's Temple @ Rochester Square, Camden
78. Choirboy Laurence Olivier @ St George's Square, Lupus Street, Pimlico
79. St George in the East @ Cannon Street Road, London
80. Christ Church Tower @ Newgate Street, London
81. A Pyramid in Limehouse @ 5 Newell Street, Limehouse
82. Kilburn becomes Manhattan @ Kilburn Park Road
83. A Right Royal Guest List @ Westminster Abbey
84. St Mary Aldermary @ Watling Street
85. London's oldest parish church @ West Smithfield, London
86. St John's Wood Church @ Lord's Roundabout, St John's Wood
87. St Patrick's Church and Tunnels @ 21a Soho Square, London
88. Mummified Remains at St James @ Church of St James, Garlickhythe in Upper Thames
89. Oldest Church in London? @ St Peter on Cornhill, Cornhill, London
90. Ben Jonson is Still Standing @ Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London
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