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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gipsy Smith - Modern Stone Circle etc in England in Greater London

Submitted by Thorgrim on Tuesday, 27 September 2005  Page Views: 15213

Modern SitesSite Name: Gipsy Smith
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Greater London Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Woodford  Nearest Village: Hale End
Map Ref: TQ392909
Latitude: 51.599748N  Longitude: 0.008425E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Gipsy Smith
Gipsy Smith submitted by Thorgrim : Birthplace in Epping Forest of the fiery preacher - Gipsy Smith. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern stone in Greater London

Memorial stone of Gipsy Smith in Epping Forest.
Rodney (Gipsy) Smith, 1860-1947, was born in a tent and raised in a Gypsy camp near this stone. He never attended a school and yet he influenced the lives of millions of people all over the world through his revivalist preaching. Converted in 1876, he then served with General Booth as an officer with the Salvation Army until 1882. He then became an itinerent evangelist working with a variety of organisations all over the world.
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Gipsy Smith
Gipsy Smith submitted by Thorgrim : Born in a tent in a Gypsy camp near this stone and never attended school. Gipsy Smith preached all over the world. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Gipsy Smith by Andy B on Monday, 07 July 2025
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A copy of the Gipsy Smith Memorial Unveiling Ceremony of the Granite Stone dated July 2, 1949. On the left inside cover it reads this:

Dear Friend, There can be few people of the last half-century better known in the Christian world than Gipsy Smith. So many know something of the romance of that life which began under a hornbeam tree in Epping Forest, on the outskirts of London, and ended on the “Queen Mary” on the way to America in August 1947. How many came under the spell of his dynamic personality in the intervening years! None can question that under God he was used to do a mighty work in many countries, becoming one of the greatest Christian Evangelists and winning many thousands for Christ.
It is proposed to raise a memorial fund that the life and witness of such a servant of God should not pass unmarked. The amount of that fund will finally determine the extent of the memorial, but quite certainly it will be first used to erect a stone marking the birthplace of Gipsy Smith, the remainder being devoted to the advancement of that evangelism so dear to the Gipsy’s heart.
The very special permission of the Lord Mayor of London and the Forest Conservators has been given for the erection of a memorial stone, a rugged boulder of granite, in Epping Forest. The unveiling ceremony will take place Saturday afternoon, July 2nd, at 3.30 on Mill Plain, just to the west of the Woodford New Road, and to the South of the bus terminus. The stone will be unveiled by Mrs. Gipsy Smith, whilst the President of the Methodist Conference and the Associate Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance from Missouri (representing American religious life), will be the speakers.
We should be most grateful for any help given toward the Memorial Fund to so great a servant of God, that he, being dead, may yet speak forth the gospel of redemptive power in Christ.

Please send your donations to the Treasurer of the Fund:
Colonel S.S. Mallinson, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., D.L., J.P.,
The White House,
Woodford Green, Essex,
whose father was Gipsy Smith’s Sunday School teacher,
Yours Sincerely,
(Revs.) W.H. Mildon, G. Lansley, Secretaries.

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