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Designed by George Gilbert Scott, the monument was completed in 1843 after two years' work, having replaced "a picturesque but tottering old house".The Victorian Gothic memorial, whose design dates from 1838, has been likened to the steeple of a cathedral, though it was consciously patterned on the Eleanor crosses erected by King Edward I between 1290 and 1294 to the memory of his wife, Queen ...
The Oxford Martyrs were Protestants tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake in Oxford, England, for their religious beliefs and teachings, during the Marian persecution in England. [ 1 ] The three martyrs were the Church of England bishops Hugh Latimer , Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer , the Archbishop of Canterbury .
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Jackson, Mississippi; Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Forest Park, Illinois; List of memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. Martyrs Monument in Midway, Kentucky; Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument, Brooklyn, New York City; Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument, Saint Joseph, Kentucky
Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500 – 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster" [1]).Ridley was one of the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey.
Martyrs Monument in Midway; Martyrs' Mausoleum; Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford; Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument; Mersin Martyrs' Memorial; Museum of Martyrdom of the Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
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The Missouri Veterans Cemetery is hosting a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 27. Here's what to know about it and other Memorial Day events.
Oxford War Memorial. Oxford War Memorial is a First World War memorial in Oxford, at the north end of St Giles', on the junction where the road splits into the A4144 Woodstock Road and the A4165 Banbury Road. The memorial stands in St Giles Memorial Garden, about 150 m (490 ft) to the south of St Giles' Church, Oxford.