List of demolished churches in the City of London
Appearance
This is a list of churches in the City of London which were rebuilt after the Great Fire of London (or in a later date) but have been demolished since then. All were designed by Sir Christopher Wren except All Hallows Staining, Holy Trinity Gough Square, St Alphege London Wall, St James Duke's Place, St Katherine Coleman, St Martin Outwich, St Peter le Poer and the non-Anglican churches and chapels.
Sometimes there is still some sign that a place of worship was once there. Parish register details were often transferred to the subsuming parish.
Completely demolished
[edit]Tower remains
[edit]Image | Church name | Location | Rebuilt | Date of demolition | Subsuming parish |
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All Hallows Staining | Mark Lane | 1674 | 1870 | St Olave Hart Street | |
Christ Church Greyfriars | Newgate Street | 1677-91 | 1940 | St Sepulchre-without-Newgate | |
St Alban, Wood Street | Wood Street | 1682-87 | 1940 | St Vedast Foster Lane | |
St Augustine Watling Street | Watling Street | 1680-87 | 1941 | St Mary-le-Bow | |
St Dunstan-in-the-East | St Dunstan's Hill | 1698 | 1941 | All Hallows by the Tower | |
St Mary Somerset | Upper Thames Street | 1686-94 | 1871 | St Nicholas Cole Abbey | |
St Olave Old Jewry | Old Jewry | 1670-79 | 1887 | St Margaret Lothbury |
Other denominations
[edit]Image | Church name | Location | Built | Date of demolition | Denomination |
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Albion Chapel | Finsbury Pavement | 1816 | 1875 | Scottish Presbyterian chapel | |
Finsbury Chapel | East Street | 1825 | 1891 | Congregational chapel | |
French Protestant Church | St Martin's Le Grand | 1843 | 1888 | French Protestant (Huguenot) church | |
South Place Chapel | South Place | 1824 | 1927 | Unitarian chapel | |
St Martin Orgar | Martin Lane | 1820 | French Protestant (Huguenot) chapel | ||
St Mary Moorfields | Blomfield Street | 1820 | 1899 | Roman Catholic pro-cathedral |
See also
[edit]- List of churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt
- List of Christopher Wren churches in London
General:
References
[edit]- ^ Rebuilt Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine at All Hallows Twickenham
- ^ Reynolds (1922) asserts that this was the first saveable church to be demolished in the City of London
- ^ Rebuilt in Fulton, Missouri in 1964
Bibliography
[edit]- Betjeman, John (1992) [1967], Sovereign City of London Churches, Andover: Pitkin, ISBN 0-85372-565-9
- Huelin, G (1996), Vanished Churches of the City of London, London: Guildhall Library Publications, ISBN 0-900422-42-4
- Reynolds, H (1922), The Churches of the City of London, London: The Bodley Head Limited