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Moravian Burial Ground
The Moravian Burial Ground is the burial ground of the Moravian Congregation in London. Location The Burial Ground is located in the grounds of Lindsey House in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, just off Milman's Street near Moravian Place, Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street. History Burials began at the ground in 1751. Some 400 people have been buried there since. The ground was only occasionally used for deep burials. For this reason, it was specifically exempted from the 1855 ''Act for closing London cemeteries''. Interments stopped in 1888, although it may still be used for ashes. Moravians generally call their burial grounds ' God's Acre'. The Fetter Lane Congregation of the Moravian Church is also known as the Fetter Lane Society. They originally worshipped in Fetter Lane in the City, and then in Lindsey House, but this was sold in the eighteenth century. The Burial Ground was built on the site of the stables to Beaufort House. The replacement church was bombed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey House
Lindsey House is a Grade II* listed villa in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. It is owned by the National Trust but tenanted and only open by special arrangement. This house should not be confused with the eponymous 1640 house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. That house came to be known as Lindsey House for its occupation in the 18th century by later Earls of Lindsey. The gardens of Lindsey House are Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. History The house was built in 1674 by the third Earl of Lindsey on the riverside site of Thomas More's garden and is thought to be the oldest house in Kensington and Chelsea. It was extensively remodelled in 1750 by Count Zinzendorf for the Moravian community in London. The house was divided into four separate dwellings in 1775. Today, it occupies nos. 96 to 101 of Cheyne Walk, covering a number of separate frontages and outbuildings. Previous residents have included the historical painter John Martin, in one of the outbuilding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Böhler
Peter Boehler (born Petrus Böhler; December 31, 1712 – April 27, 1775) was a German-English Moravian bishop and missionary who was influential in the Moravian Church in the Americas and England during the eighteenth century. Boehler was one of the many missionaries sent out to the Americas in the early 18th century by the leader of the Moravian Church, Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. As a part of the first large scale Protestant missionary movement, Boehler spread the religion across Georgia and other American colonies. In 1740, he migrated with other Moravians to Pennsylvania, where they founded the towns of Nazareth and Bethlehem. Boehler was superintendent of the Moravian Church in England from 1747 to 1753 and was made a bishop of the church in 1748. Boehler came back to America and directed new Moravian settlements in the colonies from 1753 to 1764. Early life Boehler was born in Frankfurt am Main, then part of Holy Roman Empire, on December 31, 1712. Peter was the fourth chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravian Church Cemeteries
Moravian is the adjective form of the Czech Republic region of Moravia, and refers to people of ancestry from Moravia. Moravian may also refer to: * a member or adherent of the Moravian Church, one of the oldest Protestant denominations * Moravia, the region * Moravians, people from Moravia * Moravian dialects, dialects of Czech spoken in Moravia, sometimes considered a distinct Moravian language * Moravané ("The Moravians"), a political party in the Czech Republic favouring the autonomy or independence of Moravia * Moravian Academy, a private school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania * Moravian University, a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania * an inhabitant of the Scottish Moray, especially the historic Mormaer of Moray See also * Moravia (other) * Moravian Serbia, one of the Serbian states that emerged from the collapse of the Serbian Empire in the 14th century * Moravian Wallachia, a cultural region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic * Moravian Slovakia, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries In London
There are a number of cemeteries in Greater London. Among them are the Magnificent Seven, London, Magnificent Seven, seven large Victorian-era cemeteries. There are also a number of crematoria. A number of cemeteries have listed buildings or structures, or have been placed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens by English Heritage. Others have secured Green Flag Award#Green Heritage Site Accreditation, Green Heritage Site accreditation or may be on the World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage List. "The Magnificent Seven" Magnificent Seven, London, The Magnificent Seven cemeteries were the first commercial cemeteries constructed around the outskirts of London. They are all of special historical value and are on the English Heritage lists. Abbreviations used in the column closed :C = Still used for cremations :F = Burial in family plots is still possible Gallery Image:Abney Park Cemetery Main Gate.JPG, Abney Park CemeteryMain Gate Image:Gate of Brompton Cem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1751 Establishments In England
In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January–March * January 1 – As the American colony in Georgia prepares the transition from a trustee-operated territory to a British colonial province, the prohibition against slavery is lifted by the Board of Trustees. At the time, the African-American population of Georgia is about 400 people who have been kept as slaves in violation of the law. By 1790, the slave population increases to over 29,000 and by 1860 to 462,000. * January 7 – The University of Pennsylvania, conceived 12 years earlier by Benjamin Franklin and its other trustees to provide non-denominational higher education "to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service". rather than for the ministry, holds its first classes as "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stonehouse
Mary Stonehouse (also known as Maria Theresa Stonehouse, born Mary Crispe; February 14, 1722 – December 10, 1751) was a British heiress who was a worker, supporter, and deaconess of the Moravian Church. She was adopted as an adult by the church's founder who named her Maria Theresa after his deceased daughter. Life Stonehouse was born on 14 February 1722 in Islington. Her mother was Elizabeth ''(born'' Sayer) and her father, John Crispe, was the 3rd of the Crispe baronets, of Hammersmith. He was (Baron) Wilmot of Adderbury and the Earl of Rochester and Viscount Wilmot of Athlone. He was a landowner and he died in 1728. In 1739 she married George Stonehouse who had been a Church of England minister. He had been the vicar of Islington who had employed Charles Wesley as his de facto curate. His family owned the rights to appoint vicars in Islington and the year following his marriage he resigned as vicar and sold the rights to appoint his replacements. In 1742 she joined the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th century Protestantism. He played a role in starting the Protestant mission movement by supporting two determined Moravian missionaries Johann Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann to go to the Danish colony of Saint Thomas via Copenhagen to minister to the enslaved population (see ''Moravian slaves''). Zinzendorf was critical of slavery and supported the first Moravian missionaries who in spite of Danish royal support from Charlotte Amalie of Denmark faced discouragement from some Moravians at Herrnhut (including Christian David), the Danish West India Company, Saint Thomas planters, the risk of getting malaria and the slaves themselves. Born in Dresden, Zinzendorf was often influenced by strong and vehement feelings, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Renatus Von Zinzendorf
Imperial Count Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (September 19, 1727 - May 28, 1752) was the charismatic leader of the Single Brethren's Choir of the Moravian Church and of Herrnhaag (The Lord’s Grove), a Christian religious community built near Büdingen by his father, Count Nicholas Ludwig, head of the ''Brüdergemeine'' or Moravian Unity. Christian Renatus, affectionately known as Christel, took his father’s marriage religion (''Ehereligion'') literally, proclaiming himself to be the living "Sidewound of Christ" in 1748, which meant he was the embodiment of Christ's sacrificial and compassionate love. The younger Zinzendorf and his co-elder of the Single Brethren, Joachim Rubusch, also proclaimed themselves to be married to the Sidewound. This derived in part from the teaching of Zinzendorf’s father that all souls are female, regardless of gender, so that they may be married to Christ. (This image is derived from the fact that "soul" in German, ''die Seele' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, drawing on influences from his travels in Italy, as well as British and French Neoclassical architects such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux. In his thirties, he emigrated to the new United States and designed the United States Capitol, on " Capitol Hill" in Washington, D.C., as well as the Old Baltimore Cathedral or The Baltimore Basilica, (later renamed the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary). It is the first Cathedral constructed in the United States for any Christian denomination. Latrobe also designed the largest structure in America at the time, the "Merchants' Exchange" in Baltimore. With extensive balconied atriums through the wings and a large central rotunda under a low dome which dominated the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gillray
James Gillray (13 August 1756Gillray, James and Draper Hill (1966). ''Fashionable contrasts''. Phaidon. p. 8.Baptism register for Fetter Lane (Moravian) confirms birth as 13 August 1756, baptism 17 August 1756 1June 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Gillray has been called "the father of the political cartoon", with his works satirizing George III, Napoleon, prime ministers and generals. Regarded as being one of the two most influential cartoonists, the other being William Hogarth, Gillray's wit and humour, knowledge of life, fertility of resource, keen sense of the ludicrous, and beauty of execution, at once gave him the first place among caricaturists. Early life He was born in Chelsea, London. His father had served as a soldier: he lost an arm at the Battle of Fontenoy and was admitted, first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cennick
John Cennick (12 December 1718 – 4 July 1755) was an English Methodist and Moravian evangelist and hymnwriter. He was born in Reading, Berkshire, England to an Anglican family and raised in the Church of England. According to Moravian Bishop E. R. Hasse, Cennick's family was from Bohemia, and left as a result of persecutions following the Battle of White Mountain. In England, his family became Quakers when his grandfather became influenced by George Fox. Early life At age nine, he heard his dying aunt proclaim "Last night the Lord stood by me and invited me to drink of the fountain of life freely and I shall stand before the Lord as bold as a lion." The words stayed with him for many years as the focus of his own fear of death and concern for his salvation. Being from a family of humble means, John was compelled, at the age of 13, to leave school and seek an apprenticeship. He made eight trips to London looking for a position and, failing, became somewhat of a dissolute you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th century Protestantism. He played a role in starting the Christian mission, Protestant mission movement by supporting two determined Moravian missionaries Johann Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann der Bischof, David Nitschmann to go to the Danish colony of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas via Copenhagen to minister to the enslaved population (see ''Moravian slaves''). Zinzendorf was critical of slavery and supported the first Moravian missionaries who in spite of Danish royal support from Charlotte Amalie of Denmark faced discouragement from some Moravians at Herrnhut (including Christian David), the Danish West India Company, Saint Thomas planters, the risk of getting malaria and the slaves themselves. Born in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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