Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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The Dutch church
is in the lower right-hand corner of this section of the JOHN ROCQUE LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK First Edition 1746 map.
http://www.motco.com/map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=296&x=11&y=11
The Dutch Church shows its street address is
7 AUSTIN FRIARS, CITY OF LONDON, LONDON EC2N2HA
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=Austin+Friars,+City+of+London,+Greater+London,+EC2,+UK&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&z=16&ll=51.51594,-0.084093&spn=0.003231,0.016007&om=0&iwloc=addr
The Dutch Church, Austin Friars (the unusual street-name referring to an earlier Augustinian monastery), nearest underground station is Bank.
Open Tues-Fri 11 am to 3 pm, and main Sunday service in Dutch at 11 am.
Founded 1253, enlarged 1354. Donated to Dutch Protestant refugees in 1550: may be the oldest Dutch Protestant church in the world. Sketch by Van Gogh, 1876, in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Destroyed by enemy bombing, 1941. Rebuilt in extremely modern abstract style and opened by Princess Irene of The Netherlands in 1954. Striking stained glass windows including a portrait of Queen Wilhelmina.
The church welcomes Dutch worshippers from all religious traditions.
Nederlandse Kerk van London.
http://www.dutchchurch.org.uk/index.html
Dutch Church, Austin Friars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Church,_Austin_Friars