The lost church of St John the Evangelist stood on the east side of Friday Street at its junction with Watling Street, in Bread Street Ward. It seems its original dedication was to St Werburgh. She was an Anglo-Saxon princess, born ca 650 AD, who became a nun at the convent founded by her great […]
Month: August 2023
St John the Baptist Walbrook
The earliest mention of this church was in 1162 as “St. John upon Walebroc” and the west end of the church stood right on the banks of the river Walbrook. This river which ran right through the centre of the City of London was the main water supply for the Romans. The Temple of Mithras […]