Churches
Churches in early modern London. For the generic place, see Church.
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The Survey of London (1633): Portsoken Ward.
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Survey of London: Bridge Ward Without (Southwark).
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Survey of London: Cripplegate Ward.
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The Survey of London (1633): Aldgate Ward.
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Survey of London: Cornhill Ward.
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Survey of London: Parishes.
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The Survey of London (1633): Farringdon Ward Within.
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Survey of London: Aldersgate Ward.
The Map of Early Modern London, edited by , U of Victoria, 15 Sep. 2020, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/stow_1598_ALDE2.htm.
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Building a Gazetteer for Early Modern London, 1550-1650.
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Locations
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Abbey of St. Clare
Founded in 1293 by Edmund, earl of Lancaster, the Abbey of St. Clare is also referred to in Stow’s Survey asthe Minories
(Stow sig. L7v), a name derived from the toponymthe Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Mary of the Order of St. Clare
(Harben 416). It occupied five acres of land. After the Abbey was surrendered to Henry VIII by Dame Elizabeth Salvage, the abbess, the site was occupied by the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Minories until 1899 (Harben 151).Abbey of St. Clare is mentioned in the following documents:
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Abbey of St. Mary Graces
The Abbey of St. Mary Graces is a chapel built in around 1350 within the Holy Trinity Churchyard and later a large monastery controlled by the Cistercian order (Harben). The abbey was built within the aforementioned churchyard, east of Little Tower Hill and south of Hog Lane (East Smithfield).Abbey of St. Mary Graces is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows (Bread Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows (Honey Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows (Lombard Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows (London Wall)
All Hallows, London Wall is a church built east of Bishopsgate, near or on the City Wall. The church is visible on the Agas map northwest of Broad Street and up against the south side of the City Wall. The labelAll Haloues in y Wall
is west of the church. In his description of Broad Street Ward, Stow notes only the location of the church and the three distinguished people interred therein by 1601.All Hallows (London Wall) is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows Barking
The church of All Hallows Barking is in Tower Street Ward on the southeast corner of Seething Lane and on the north side of Tower Street. Stow describes it as afayre parish Church.
All Hallows Barking is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows Staining is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows the Great
All Hallows the Great was a church located on the south side of Thames Street and on the east side of Church Lane. Stow describes it as afaire Church with a large cloyster,
but remarks that it has beenfoulely defaced and ruinated
(Stow 1: 235).All Hallows the Great is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows the Less is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bermondsey Abbey
According to Stow, Bermondsey Abbey dates back to the 11th century. It was surrendered to Henry VIII in 1539 and subsequently demolished to be replaced with houses (Stow 344).Bermondsey Abbey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Blackfriars Monastery is mentioned in the following documents:
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Christ Church is mentioned in the following documents:
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Church of St. Trinity is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holy Trinity (Minories) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holy Trinity Churchyard (East Smithfield)
A component of London’s pestilential past, Holy Trinity Churchyard in East Smithfield was a graveyard for victims of London’s first great plague. The churchyard was east of Little Tower Hill, south of Hog Lane (East Smithfield) and north of St. Katherine’s Hospital. As the number of plague victims increased, these graveyards ran out of space and Holy Trinity Priory was used to ensure that the dead were buried in holy ground.Holy Trinity Churchyard (East Smithfield) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holy Trinity Priory
Holy Trinity Priory, located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall Street, was an Augustinian Priory. Stow notes that Queen Matilda established the Priory in 1108in the parishes of Saint Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow). Before Matilda united these parishes under the name Holy Trinity Priory, they were collectively known as the Holy Cross or Holy Roode parish (Stow; Harben).Holy Trinity Priory is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holy Trinity the Less is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holywell Priory
Founded in the 12th century, Holywell Priory stood along the west side of Shoreditch Street and the north side of Hog Lane (Norton Folgate), occupying the site that would later house London’s first playhouse, the Theatre. The priory was dissolved on 10 October 1539 (Bowsher,Holywell Priory
232). The priory was also known asPriory of St. John the Baptist, Holywell.
Holywell Priory is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hospital of St. Mary within Cripplegate
Harben notes that the first known mention of the hospital was that which stated that alicense [was] granted to William de Elsyng to alienate in mortmain certain houses in the parishes of St. Alphege and St. Mary Aldermanbury to found a hospital for 100 blind people in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Harben 217). The aforementioned William de Elsyng was the hospital’s warden from 1330–1331, and the hospital derived its other commonly used name, Elsing Spital, from him (Harben 217). In 1536, during the reign of Henry VIII,[t]he hospital was dissolved and the church of Elsingspittle [was] given to be the parish church of St Alphes, Cripplegate
and in 1594, during Elizabeth I’s reign, Sir Rowland Heyward possessed the site (Harben 217). Stow notes that after the site had been converted into a dwelling house, a great fire consumed the building:In the yeare 1541. Sir Iohn Williams maister of the kinges Iewels, dwelling in this house on Chrismas euen at night, about seuen of the clocke, a great fire began in the gallerie thereof, which burned so sore, that the flame fiering the whole house and consuming it, was séene all the citie ouer, and was hardely quenched, whereby many of the kings Iewels were burned, and more imbeseled (as was said). (Stow i. 234-5)
Hospital of St. Mary within Cripplegate is mentioned in the following documents:
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King’s Exchange is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lovel’s Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Pardon Church is mentioned in the following documents:
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Pardon Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Alban (Wood Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Alphage
Harben notes that St. Alphage was originally on the north side of the Wall near Cripplegate (Harben). However, St. Alphage parish must have straddled the Wall, because both Stow and Harben note that parts of St. Alphage, London Wall parish on the south side of the Wall were given over for the construction of the Hospital of St. Mary Wwithin Cripplegate in 1329 (Stow 234). After Henry VIII’s 1531 dissolution of the Hospital of St. Mary within Cripplegate, part of that hospital on the south side of the Wall was given to St. Alphage (Stow 251). The church then moved there, presumably along Gayspur Lane, which according to Stow was the street of the Hospital of St. Mary. The church on the north side of the Wall was demolished, and the site became a a carpenter’s yard (Stow 234).St. Alphage is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew by the Wardrobe is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew Holborn
St. Andrew Holborn was a parish church in Farringdon Without Ward, located on Holborn street between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane. It is located on the Agas map and is labelled asS. Andrews.
According to Stow, there was a grammar school, as well a monument dedicated to Lord Thomas Wriothesley either within or nearby St. Andrew Holborn. The church was first mentioned in Charter of King Edgar in 951. This medieval church was rebuilt in 1632 and managed to escape damage caused by the Great Fire. Christopher Wren rebuilt the church in 1684 making itthe largest of his parish churches, measuring 32 by 19 meters and costing £9,000
(Weinreb and Hibbert 741).St. Andrew Holborn is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew Hubbard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew Undershaft
St. Andrew Undershaft stands at the southeast corner of St. Mary Axe Street in Aldgate Ward.The church of St. Andrew Undershaft is the final resting place of John Stow.St. Andrew Undershaft is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Anne and St. Agnes is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Anne Blackfriars is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Antholin is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Audoen
The Dictionary of London notes St. Audoen sits at the north corner of Warwick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within.St. Audoen is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Augustine (Watling Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Augustine Papey
St Augustine Papey was a church on the south side of the city wall and opposite the north end of St. Mary Axe Street. The church dated from the twelfth century and in 1442 a fraternity of brothers was installed (Harben). The church and brotherhood were suppressed during the Reformation and Stow tells us the church was pulled down and houses built on the site (Stow).St. Augustine Papey is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Bartholomew by the Exchange is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Bartholomew the Great is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Bartholomew the Less is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Bartolomew’s Priory
A priory of Augustinian canons once encompassing St. Bartholomew the Great, St. Bartholomew the Less, and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Dissolved by Henry VIII.St. Bartolomew’s Priory is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Benet (Paul’s Wharf) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Benet Fink is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Benet Gracechurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Benet Sherehog is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Botolph (Aldersgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Botolph (Aldgate)
St. Botolph, Aldgate was a parish church near Aldgate at the junction of Aldgate Street and Houndsditch. It was located in Portsoken Ward on the north side of Aldgate Street. Stow notes that theChurch hath beene lately new builded at the speciall charges of the Priors of the holy Trinitie
before the Priory was dissolved in 1531 (Stow).St. Botolph (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Botolph (Billingsgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Botolph without Bishopsgate
St. Botolph without Bishopsgate stood on the west side of Bishopsgate Street north of Bishopsgate. It was in Bishopsgate Ward. St. Botolph without Bishopsgate is featured on the Agas map, south of Bethlehem Hospital and west of Houndsditch. It is labelledS. Buttolphes.
St. Botolph without Bishopsgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Bride is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Christopher le Stocks
St. Christopher le Stocks was originally built on Threadneedle Street on the banks of Walbrook before 1225, andwas dedicated to the patron saint of watermen
(Weinreb and Hibbert 751). The church has been known by many names, which includeSt. Christopher upon Cornhull,
St. Christopher in Bradestrete,
andSt. Christopher near le Shambles
(Harben; BHO). Since the 14th century, the church has been known as some variant of St. Christopher le Stocks, which derives from its proximity to the Stocks Market. The church is not labelled, but is identifiable, on the Agas map.St. Christopher le Stocks is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Clement (Eastcheap) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Clement Danes is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Dionis Backchurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Dunstan in the East is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Dunstan in the West is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Dunstan’s (Stepney)
East of the Spital Fields, also known as Stebanheath.St. Dunstan’s (Stepney) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Edmund (Lombard Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Ethelburga
St. Ethelburga was a church on the east side of Bishopsgate Street, south of Bishopsgate and east of St. Mary Axe. The church was in Bishopsgate Ward. St. Ethelburga, described by Stow as asmall Parish Church
(Stow), is located on the Agas map northwest ofS. Elen
and immediately east of thegate
in theBusshopp gate Streate
label.St. Ethelburga is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Faith Under St. Paul’s is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Gabriel Fenchurch
The church is visible on the Agas map along Fenchurch Street. Before the 16th century, St. Gabriel Fenchurch was known as St. Mary Fenchurch. After being burnt in the Fire, it was not rebuilt (Carlin and Belcher).St. Gabriel Fenchurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. George
St. George Church was on Botolph Lane in Billingsgate Ward. The church dates back at least to 1193 (Carlin and Belcher). It was destroyed in the Great Fire, then rebuilt by 1674, and finally demolished in 1904 (Harben).St. George is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. George Southwark is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Giles (Cripplegate)
For information about St. Giles, Cripplegate, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the Shakespearean London Theatres (ShaLT) article on St. Giles, Cripplegate.St. Giles (Cripplegate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Giles in the Fields is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Gregory by St. Paul’s is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Helen’s (Bishopsgate)
St. Helen’s was a priory of Benedictine nuns located in Bishopsgate Ward between St. Mary Axe Street and Bishopsgate Street. St. Helen’s is visible on the Agas map with the labelS. Elen
written in the churchyard. Stow and Harben inform us that the priory was set up in 1212 by William Basing, the dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral (Stow; Harben).St. Helen’s (Bishopsgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James (Clerkenwell)
St. James (Clerkenwell) was founded in 1100 (Sugden 281). It is marked on the Agas map asClarken Well.
St. James (Clerkenwell) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James Duke’s Place
According to Stow, St. James Duke’s Place was built on the grounds of Duke’s Place, which was converted from the Holy Trinity Priory after the priory’s dissolution in 1531.The 1633 edition of Stow recounts the reconstruction of a church upon the ruins of the priory alongside Duke’s Place. Approval for this reconstruction was granted by James I. The inscription indicates the church’s dedication to both James I and St. James, hence the nameSt. James Duke’s Place
(Stow 146–149).The buildings on the site were destroyed in the Great Fire and then rebuilt (Sugden 281). The church was active until 1874 (Sugden 281).St. James Duke’s Place is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James Garlickhithe is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James in the Wall Hermitage is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James’s (Westminster) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. John the Baptist (Walbrook) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. John the Evangelist is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. John Zachary is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. John’s of Jerusalem is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine (Holy Trinity)
St. Katherine was an old parish church absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory in 1108. It should not be confused with St. Katherine Cree or St. Katherine Coleman.St. Katherine (Holy Trinity) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine Coleman
St. Katherine Coleman was also called St. Katherine and All Saints and All Hallows Coleman Church (Harben). The church can be found on the Agas map, west of Northumberland House. It is labelled S. Katerin colmans.St. Katherine Coleman is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine Cree
Not to be confused with St. Katherine Church, St. Katherine Cree was an old parish church in Aldgate Ward located on the north side of Leadenhall Street between Aldgate and St. Mary Axe. Stow reports that the church was so old that one had to descend seven steps to enter it. He also adds that the church’s steeple and bell tower, built in 1504, were the most recent additions (Stow). St. Katherine Cree is also known by the names St. Katherine and the Blessed Trinity and St. Katherine Christ Church. The Church is drawn on the Agas map on the north side of Leadenhall Street, south of Holy Trinity Priory and east of the well in Aldgate Street. It has no label accompanying it.St. Katherine Cree is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine’s by the Tower
Founded by the Royal Foundation of St. Katherine, St. Katherine’s by the Tower was both a hopsital and a church. Its surrounding land became the precinct of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, which, according to Weinreb, was a precinct independent of Aldgate Ward (Weinreb 720, 778).St. Katherine’s by the Tower is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence (Jewry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence Poultney is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence Poultney Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Leonard (Eastcheap) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Leonard (Foster Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Leonard (Shoreditch)
St. Leonard’s church—also known asThe Actors’ church
—is the burial place of many prominent early modern actors. The Burbages (James Burbage and his sons Richard Burbage and Cuthbert Burbage), Richard Cowley, William Sly, and many others are buried there (ShaLT).St. Leonard (Shoreditch) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Magnus
The church of St. Magnus the Martyr, believed to be founded some time in the 11th century, was on the south side of Thames Street just north of London Bridge. According to Stow, in its churchyardhaue béene buried many men of good worſhip, whoſe monumentes are now for the moſt part vtterly defaced,
including John Michell, mayor of London in the first part of the 15th century (Stow 1598 167). The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren (Wikipedia).St. Magnus is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret (Lothbury) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret (New Fish Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret (Southwark)
St. Margaret (Southwark) was a church in Southwark. The church was absorbed into the St. Saviour (Southwark) (Parish) during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Survey of London, Vol. 22). Stow also recalls this absorption (Stow 411). By Stow’s time, the site would hold the Southwark Counter (Stow 330, 334). The church is not on the Agas map but would be just to the south of the map’s southernmost edge.St. Margaret (Southwark) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret (Westminster) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret Moses is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret Pattens is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin (Ludgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin (Vintry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin Orgar
The church of St. Martin Orgar, named for Dean Orgar who gave the church to the canons, has been wrongly located by the maker of the Agas map. The church is drawn in Bridge Ward Within, south of Crooked Lane and west of New Fish Street on St. Michael’s Lane. However, the church was actually located one block northwest in Candlewick Street Ward, on the east side of St. Martin’s Lane just south of Candlewick Street.St. Martin Orgar is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin Outwich is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin Pomary is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin’s le Grand is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary (Abchurch) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary (Aldermanbury) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary (Islington)
St. Mary’s Islington is the parish church that gave its name to what is now the Borough of Islington. It is located to the north of the area that is accurately depicted on the Agas map, in the neighbourhood to which St. John’s street leads. If it appears on the Agas map at all (which is unlikely),we would locate it somewhere in the village at the end of St. John’s street, but this portion of the map is more of a landscape than a map of Islington. -
St. Mary (Lambeth) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary (Newington) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Aldermary is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary at Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Axe
The church of St. Mary Axe was a church on the west side of St. Mary Axe Street in Lime Street Ward. Stow asserts the church’s full name and dedication wasS. Marie the virgine, Saint Vrsula, and the 11000. Virgins
and believed that its common name, St. Mary Axe, derived from a sign near the church’s east side (Stow). However, a document written during the reign of Henry VIII suggests a different history of its name. The church, dedicated to 11,000 martyred virgins, supposedly contained the three axes that were used in their executions (Harben).St. Mary Axe is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Bothaw is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Colechurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Coneyhope is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Le Bow is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary le Strand is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Magdalen (Aldgate)
St. Mary Magdalen (Aldgate), is an old parish church absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory in 1108. According to Stow, the church was begun by Siredus (Stow). It is not to be confused with the chapel of St. Mary Magdalen in the Guildhall, the church in Cripplegate Ward or the church in Castle Baynard Ward.St. Mary Magdalen (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Magdalen (Milk Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Magdalen (Old Fish Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Magdalene (Bermondsey) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Mounthaw is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Rotherhithe is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Rounceval is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Somerset is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Staining is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Whitechapel is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Woolchurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Woolnoth is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary-At-Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary-Le-Bow Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Matthew (Friday Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Aldgate)
St. Michael, Aldgate, was an old parish church that was absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory in 1108 along with the parishes of St. Mary Magdalen, Aldgate, and St. Katherine Cree. According to a papal bull written during the pontificate of Innocent III, it was located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Priory (Harben).St. Michael (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Cornhill)
The parish church of St. Michael, Cornhill is located on the southern side of Cornhill between Birchin Lane and Gracechurch Street.St. Michael (Cornhill) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Crooked Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Panier Alley) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Queenhithe) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Wood Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael Bassishaw is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael le Querne is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael Paternoster Royal is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mildred (Bread Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mildred (Poultry)
According to Stow, the Parish Church of St. Mildred (Poultry) was built in 1457 on the bank of the Walbrook stream (Stow). The church sat on the corner of Poultry and Walbrook Street. The church was destroyedd in the Great Fire, then rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, and finally demolished in 1872 (Sugden, Carlin and Belcher).St. Mildred (Poultry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas Church was situated on the north side of St. Nicholas Shambles street in Farringdon Within Ward. The church was demolished amid Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries and was replaced by residential buildings (Stow 340).St. Nicholas is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Nicholas Acon
St. Nicholas Acon was located in Langbourn Ward, its parish extending into Candlewick Street Ward (Harben 437). While it was not depicted on the Agas map, Prockter and Taylor note that St. Nicholas Aconstood on the west side of St. Nicholas Lane towards the northern end
(Prockter and Taylor 51). According to Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,Acons
is possibly derived fromHaakon,
the name of one of the benefactors (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 802).St. Nicholas Acon is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Nicholas Cole Abbey is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Nicholas Olave is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Hart Street)
The church of St. Olave, Hart Street is found on the south side of Hart Street and the northwest corner of Seething Lane in Tower Street Ward. It has been suggested that the church was founded and built before the Norman conquest of 1066 (Harben). Aside from mentioning the nobility buried in St. Olave’s, Stow is kind enough to describe the church asa proper [i.e. appropriate] parrish
(Stow). Samuel Pepys is buried in this church.St. Olave (Hart Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Old Jewry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Silver Street)
According to Stow, St. Olave (Silver Street) was a church on the corner of Silver Street and Noble Street at the western edge of Aldersgate Ward. Stow writes that the church wasa small thing, and without any note-worthie monuments
(Stow). It was destroyed in the Great Fire and was not rebuilt (Carlin and Belcher 91).St. Olave (Silver Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Southwark)
St. Olave (Southwark) was a church dedicated to St. Olaf in Southwark on the bank of the Thames. It is marked on the Agas map with the labelS. Tovolles.
Stow notes that the church’s parish was especially large (Stow 340–341).St. Olave (Southwark) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Pancras (Soper Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In 962, while London was occupied by the Danes, St. Paul’s monastery was burnt and raised anew. The church survived the Norman conquest of 1066, but in 1087 it was burnt again. An ambitious Bishop named Maurice took the opportunity to build a new St. Paul’s, even petitioning the king to offer a piece of land belonging to one of his castles (Times 115). The building Maurice initiated would become the cathedral of St. Paul’s which survived until the Great Fire of London.St. Paul’s Cathedral is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Churchyard
Surrounding St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard has had a multi-faceted history in use and function, being the location of burial, crime, public gathering, and celebration. Before its destruction during the civil war, St. Paul’s Cross was located in the middle of the churchyard, providing a place for preaching and the delivery of Papal edicts (Thornbury).St. Paul’s Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter (Paul’s Wharf) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter Ad Vincula is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter le Poor
St. Peter le Poor was a parish church on the west side of Broad Street. It is visible on the Agas map south of Austin Friars, bearing the number 24. That it wassometime peraduenture a poore Parish
gave it the namele Poor
(Stow). Its name distinguished it from the other London churches dedicated to St. Peter. Stow mentions thatat this present there be many fayre houses, possessed by rich marchants and other
near the church, suggesting that the parish was no longer impoverished (Stow).St. Peter le Poor is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter upon Cornhill
St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city in the south east of Cornhill Ward. According to a tablet preserved within the church, St. Peter upon Cornhill was founded by King Lucius and was the first Christian church in London (Noorthouk 606). This information was questioned by Stow, who admitted that he knowsnot by what authority
(Stow 1: 194) the tablet was written.St. Peter upon Cornhill is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter, Westcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Saviour (Southwark)
St. Saviour (Southwark) dates back at least to 1106. It was originally known as St. Mary Overies, withOveries
referring to its beingover
the Thames, that is, on its southern bank. After Henry VIII took hold of the church at the dissolution of the monasteries, the church was rededicated and renamed St. Saviour (Sugden 335). St. Saviour is visible on the Agas map along New Rents street in Southwark. It is marked with the labelS. Mary Owber.
St. Saviour (Southwark) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Sepulchre is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen (Coleman Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen Walbrook is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen’s (Chanon Row) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen’s (Westminster Palace) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Swithin (London Stone) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Thomas Apostle is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Thomas Southwark is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Vedast is mentioned in the following documents:
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Temple Church
A church used by both Middle and Inner Temples.Temple Church is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey was a historically significant church, located on the bottom-left corner of the Agas map. Colloquially known asPoets’ Corner,
it is the final resting place of Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, and many other notable authors; in 1740, a monument for William Shakespeare was erected in Westminster Abbey (ShaLT).Westminster Abbey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Whitefriars Church
According to Stow, Whitefriars Church was located on Fleetstreet (Stow 1: 310). The church was occupied by the Whitefriars, a Carmelite order, until the closure of the monestaries in 1538.Whitefriars Church is mentioned in the following documents:
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These are all MoEML team members since 1999 to present. To see the current members and structure of our team, seeTeam.
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Former Student Contributors
We’d also like to acknowledge students who contributed to MoEML’s intranet predecessor at the University of Windsor between 1999 and 2003. When we redeveloped MoEML for the Internet in 2006, we were not able to include all of the student projects that had been written for courses in Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, and/or Writing Hypertext. Nonetheless, these students contributed materially to the conceptual development of the project.
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