St Botolph Billingsgate

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St Botolph Billingsgate
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The Mortality Bill for the year 1665 , published by the Parish Clerk’s Company, shows 97 parishes within the City of London[1]. By September 6th the following year the city lay in ruins[2], 86 churches having been destroyed[3]. In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt[4]. Fifty-one were chosen[5], but St Botolph was perhaps the unluckiest not to be rebuilt [6]. It was originally to have been[7] but part of the site was required for the passage leading to Botolph's Wharf and part for the widening of Thames Street so it was sacrificed [8] and united to St George Botolph Lane [9]. The parish dated back to mediaeval times[10] and when excavated during the creation of the Billingsgate Lorry Park yielded several valuable finds[11]. Partial records exist at IGI[12]. Pevsner found part of the churchyard during his perambulations in the mid-Sixties[13]

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  1. ^ The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London Clark, O :London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006 ISSN: 0956-618X
  2. ^ Diary of Samuel Pepys Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675
  3. ^ "The Churches of the City of London"Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
  4. ^ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
  5. ^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
  6. ^ "A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
  7. ^ "Vanished Churches of the City of London" Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424
  8. ^ "The City of London-a history" Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
  9. ^ Church of England, Parish of St George Botolph Lane. - Authenticated copy decree of the Fire Judges Court 1671. - q9833670 . - M0003091CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows,A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300
  10. ^ “A Survey of London, Vol I”Stow,J : Originally 1598- this edn,London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890
  11. ^ “The Roman site at Billingsgate Lorry Park, London - A Catalogue of the Samian and Other Finds” de la Bedoyere, G: London, British Archaeological Reports (Oct 1986) ISBN 0860543927
  12. ^ Genealogical Web-Site
  13. ^ "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550

50°30′4″N, 0°6′7″WCoordinates: 50°30′4″N, 0°6′7″W

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