St Peter, Westcheap

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St. Peter, Westcheap
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Denomination Anglican
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Address London
Country United Kingdom

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St Peter, Westcheap was a former church in the City of London.
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 city lay in ruins, 86 churches having been destroyed.[2] 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.[3] Fifty-one were chosen, but St Peter Westcheap[4] at the south west corner of Wood Street in Farringdon Within Ward[5] was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt.[6] First mentioned in the 15th Century [7]Queen Elizabeth 1 was presented with a Bible as she passed the church door in 1559[8] Following the fire it was united to St Matthew Friday Street.[9] Partial records still survive at IGI.[10].

[edit] References

  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. ^ The "Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
  3. ^ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
  4. ^ Sometimes known as “St Peter Cheap” “The London City Churches”, Norman,P.: London, The London Society, 1929
  5. ^ Parts of the parish were also in Bread Streetand Cripplegate Wards Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
  6. ^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
  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. ^ “The Register of St. Matthew, Friday Street, London, 1538-1812, and the United Parishes of St. Matthew & St. Peter Cheap, Marriages, 1754-1812.” Bannerman,A.M.B: London, Harleian Society, 1933
  10. ^ Genealogical Web-Site

51°30′59″N, 0°5′35″WCoordinates: 51°30′59″N, 0°5′35″W

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