Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Description
Situated on Bishopsgate, this church survived the Great Fire of 1666 and still stands today. This site has a page with details of the church’s bells (all dating from the 18th century) and some old pictures.
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Wikipedia
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate is a Church of England church in the City of London, dedicated to St Botolph. It is situated outside what was Bishopsgate, about a 2 minute walk from Liverpool Street station. Adjoining the buildings is a substantial churchyard and former school[1]. It is linked with the Worshipful Company of Bowyers.
Christian worship on this site may have Roman origins, though this is not fully proven. The present church (the fourth on the site) was completed by George Dance the Elder in 1725[2], the previous one having survived the Great Fire of London in 1666[3] only to be demolished in 1725. During construction, the foundations of the original Saxon Church were discovered.
The infant son of the playwright Ben Jonson is buried in the churchyard, and baptisms in this church include Edward Alleyn in 1566 and John Keats (in the present font) in 1795.
By kind permission of the Rector, the Antiochian Orthodox Church worships here.[1]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ The City of London Churches Betjeman,J Andover, Pikin, 1967 ISBN 0853721122
- ^ "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S : New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550
- ^ Samuel Pepys-The Shorter Pepys Latham,R(Ed) p484: Harmondsworth,1985 ISBN 0140094180
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Annotations
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Rebuilt 1725-8, to a design by James Gould.
Buildings of England, London 1: The City, pp. 208-10.
References in the diary
- 1664
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Oct: 2