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St. Leonard's Churchyard

Memorials	:	21
Location	:	Bromley-by-Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate	:	51.5284920, -0.0132780
Description	:	St Leonard's Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in what is now east London, which gave its name to Bromley-St Leonards (better known as Bromley-by-Bow.) It was first recorded in 1122 and referred to by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, the priory was destroyed. The old priory chancel was rebuilt in 1843 as the parish church of St Mary with St Leonard. The church was bombed out in WW2 and obliterated by the building of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road. All that remains is part of the boundary wall and... Read More	St Leonard's Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in what is now east London, which gave its name to Bromley-St Leonards (better known as Bromley-by-Bow.) It was first recorded in 1122 and referred to by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, the priory was destroyed. The old priory chancel was rebuilt in 1843 as the parish church of St Mary with St Leonard. The church was bombed out in WW2 and obliterated by the building of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road. All that remains is part of the boundary wall and the How Memorial Gateway erected in 1894, which forms the entrance to what remains of the churchyard.

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1. Stratford Langthorne Abbey
Newham, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5315350, 0.0013100

2. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5236730, -0.0304200

3. Maiden Lane Jewish Cemetery
Mile End, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5290640, -0.0348040

4. All Saints Parish Churchyard
West Ham, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5364560, 0.0086910

5. St John the Evangelist Churchyard
Stratford, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5418070, 0.0030090

6. Sephardi New Cemetery
Mile End, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5244320, -0.0393860

7. Bancroft Almshouses Cemetery
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5243340, -0.0402940

8. East London Cemetery and Crematorium
Newham, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5255165, 0.0148190

9. St. Matthias Churchyard
Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5095240, -0.0161050

10. St Anne's Limehouse Churchyard
Limehouse, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5120818, -0.0298991

11. Meath Gardens
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5279430, -0.0446320

12. Old Velho Cemetery Sephardi Velho
Mile End, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5229030, -0.0437630

13. Alderney Road Jewish Cemetery
Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5232120, -0.0448120

15. Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery
Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, England
Coordinate: 51.5373490, -0.0436210

16. St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5167850, -0.0418280

17. Stepney Meeting House Burial Ground
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5150701, -0.0403304

18. Rose Lane Chapel Chapelyard
Limehouse, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5124510, -0.0403730

19. Saint Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Plaistow, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5316380, 0.0246661

20. West Ham Jewish Cemetery
West Ham, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5510250, 0.0131540

21. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery
Leytonstone, London Borough of Waltham Forest, England
Coordinate: 51.5567400, -0.0012410

22. West Ham Cemetery
West Ham, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5518060, 0.0152990

23. Brady Street Cemetery
Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England
Coordinate: 51.5218390, -0.0604950

24. Emmanuel Church Graveyard
Forest Gate, London Borough of Newham, England
Coordinate: 51.5462620, 0.0262480