Some Facts of Interest -- St. Marylebone Church, Marylebone High Street, Westminster, UK
N 51° 31.311 W 000° 09.106
30U E 697590 N 5711705
Second of three historic plaques along the western wall of the Garden of Rest at St. Marylebone Parish Church in Westminster.
Waymark Code: WMT0GB
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2016
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The waymark coordinates are for the entrance to the Garden of Rest, which is the old churchyard cemetery at St. Marylebone Parish Church.
Three plaques in a line along the western wall of the Garden of Rest, affixed next to each other. Each contains some of the history of the church and those who are buried here.
This marker is the second of the three, and reads as follows:
"SOME FACTS OF INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF THE OLD CHURCH
The Church was built to replace the former St John of Tyburn 1400
Francis Bacon was married here 1606
William Hogarth portrayed the interior of the Church 1735
James Gibbs Architect, Pupil of Wren, was buried here 1754
Richard Brinsley Sheridan married Miss Linley here 1773
Charles Wesley brother of John Wesley was buried here 1788
Lord Byron was baptized here 1788
Lord Nelson worshipped here and Horaria his only child was baptized here 1803"
Type of Historic Marker: plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: St Marylebone Parish Church
Age/Event Date: 01/01/1941
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