St Mildred, Poultry

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Coordinates: 51°30′43″N, 0°5′20″W

St. Mildred, Poultry
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Denomination Roman Catholic, Anglican
Contact particulars
Address London
Country United Kingdom

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St Mildred, Poultry[1] [2] was a church [3] in the City of London beside the Walbrook stream[4] on the north side of the Poultry at its junction with Mansion House Street in Cheap[5], one of the 25 wards of the City of London. The first church can be traced back to 1175, in the reign of Edward the Third [6] and was largely rebuilt in 1450 [7] . Destroyed in the Great Fire of London it was rebuilt during 1670-1676 by Christopher Wren [8] and subsumed St Mary Colechurch [9]. In 1871 it was sold for development[10] and demolished the following year, uniting with St Olave Old Jewry and when that too ceased to a viable parish, St Margaret Lothbury [11]. Many of its records survive and have been catalogued [12].

St Mildred in the Poultry was the burial place of the writer Thomas Tusser. Some description of the church and its monuments is given in John Stow's Survey of London.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Explanation of dedication
  2. ^ Victorian Etching of church
  3. ^ Details for genealogists
  4. ^ “Churches of the City of London” Reynolds, H: Bodley Head, London, 1922
  5. ^ The mediaeval meaning of the word is market “Oxford English Dictionary Vol 2” p634 Murray, J(Ed): OUP, Oxford,1893
  6. ^ British History on Line
  7. ^ “Vanished churches of the City of London”, Huelin, G: Guildhall Library Publishing, London 1996 ISBN 0900422424
  8. ^ Wren Enthusiasts web-site
  9. ^ Benefice details
  10. ^ “History of the church of St Mildred the Virgin in Poultry in the City of London”: John Russell Smith,London,1872
  11. ^ Papers relating to the proposed union of the rectory of St Margaret Lothbury MS 08905 cited in “City of London Parish Registers Guide 4” Hallows,A.(Ed) - London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300 .
  12. ^ Cataloguing details
  13. ^ W. J. Thoms (ed.), A Survey of London written in the year 1598, by John Stow (based on 1798 edition), (Chatto and Windus, London 1876), pp. 98-99.

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