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St Dionis Backchurch [1] [2] was a church dedicated to the patron saint of France[3] in Langbourn Ward[4] one of the 25 within the City of London[5], first mentioned in 1538[6] at which Samuel Pepys worshipped [7]. Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 it was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren[8] in 1674 and a steeple added ten years later[9]. The 1724 organ was the last to be built by Renatus Harris[10] and the composer Dr Charles Burney was its organist from 1749 to 1751[11]. As the City population declined the church became one of the first[12] to be united[13] under the 1860 benefices Act[14]. Partial records survive and are accessible on IGI . A parish mark can be seen in Philpot Lane[15].

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  1. ^ Sometimes St Diones "Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H London, Bodley Head,1922
  2. ^ So called because it stood back from the street, unlike St Gabriel Fenchurch which stood in the middle of the street
  3. ^ “The Times”, Thursday, Nov 13, 1862; pg. 8; Issue 24402; col F
  4. ^ British History On-line
  5. ^ “The City of London-a history” Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
  6. ^ “The reiester booke of Saynte De’nis Backchurch parishe (City of London) for maryages, christenynges and buryalles, begynnynge in the yeare of or Lord God 1538” Publications of the Harleian Society. Registers ; v. 3 Chester, J.L 1882
  7. ^ “Diary of Samuel Pepys” 24th December 1664 Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675
  8. ^ “Wren” Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
  9. ^ “Vanished churches of the City of London” Huelin, G.: London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996ISBN 0900422424
  10. ^ “Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W. London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909
  11. ^ Oxford Companion to Music, Scholes,P.A (Ed) London, O.U.P 1955
  12. ^ “St. Dionis Backchurch in the City of London.” Correspondence and proceedings under the Union of Benefices act, resulting in the order of Council for the removal of the Parish Church and the sale of the site.Lyall, WH London, Privately printed 1878
  13. ^ Firstly to All Hallows Lombard Street in 1878 and when that closed, St Edmund the King and Martyr in 1937
  14. ^ “A History of St Dionis Backchurch and St Dionis, Parson’s Green” Winnett, A.R: Cowley, Church Army Press,1935
  15. ^ See below

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References in the diary

1664
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