St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey
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St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey is a Anglican church dedicated to St Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey in south London. The present building is late 17th century and is Grade II* listed.
Its parish extends as far as the Thames (including the south tower of Tower Bridge, City Hall and part of London Bridge Station). The parishes of St Olave Tooley Street, St Luke Grange Road and St John Horsleydown have all been merged into it.
[edit] History
The first church of this dedication is recorded in 1290, serving lay workers at Bermondsey Abbey. Only the late mediæval tower and a gothic window of this building survived the rebuilding completed in 1690, with the addition of a north gallery in 1705 and a south gallery in 1794. More additions were made in 1829, removing the portico and school, the interior was redecorated in the Gothic Revival style in 1852 and finally in 1883 new stained glass was put in and the chancel was lengthened. Surviving the Blitz, the west end interior was damaged in 1971.
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