The lost church of St Christopher le Stocks stood on the current site of the Bank of England. The first written record of the church is from 1282. The name comes from the “Stocks Market” – a market for meat and vegetables which was held at the site of what is now Mansion House where […]
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All Hallows Bread Street
As the name suggests, the church of All Hallows Bread Street stood on the corner of Bread Street and Watling Street. This was next to the bustling medieval market of Cheapside and Bread Street was where the bakers had their shops. Watling Street was major Roman Road that ran south east to Dover on the […]
St Nicholas & St Olave
A walk in the City of 6 km to find the churches dedicated to St Nicholas and St Olave – of which only 2 of the original 7 remain. St Nicholas of Myna (now modern day Demne in Turkey) was the patron saint of sailors and merchants. His habit of giving unexpected gifts made […]
Errors in Hollar’s “Before & After the Great Fire”
Anyone interested in the lost churches of the City of London will struggle to find images of the churches burnt down in the Great Fire of 1666 and never rebuilt. After the fire, Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt or repaired some 50 churches of which 26 have since been demolished. But we know what those looked […]
St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street
St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt by Wren in 1687 when the parish was combined with that of St Gregory by St Pauls. Then in 1886 disaster struck as a fire in a nearby warehouse broke out and severely damaged the church. It was decided […]
St Mary Colechurch
A memorial to the reburial of human remains from the churchyards of St Mary Colechurch and St Mildred Poultry in. the City of London Cemetery in Manor Park. The inscription is so worn that I had to enhance it in the photo by typing over it – but if you visit the site you will […]
St Mary Magdalene Milk Street
Parish boundary markers for St Mary Magdalene Milk Street and All Hallows Bread Street in Cheapside near St Mary le Bow
Parish marker – St Mary Aldermary
Parish Boundary markers for St Mary Aldermary and St Mary le Bow in Bow Lane
Holy Trinity the Less
Parish boundary markers for Holy Trinity the Less and St Mary Aldermary at the corner of Queen Victoria Street and Great Trinity Lane. The church of Holy Trinity the Less was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and a Lutheran church was rebuilt on the site which was demolished in 1871 to make way […]
Parish Marker – St Dunstan in the East
A parish boundary marker on the banks of the Thames at the bottom of Water Lane in the City of London showing the line between the parishes of St Dustan in the East and All Hallows by the Tower (also known as All Hallows Barking which is why the initials are A.B)