St Peter, Paul's Wharf

St Peter, Paul's Wharf is a former notable 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 6 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 Paul’s Wharf^[4] to the north of Upper Thames Street in Queenhithe Ward^[5] was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt.^[6] First mentioned in the 12th Century^[7] the parish was defiant in continuing to use the Book of Common Prayer^[8] during the Civil War.^[9] Following the fire it was united to St Benet Paul's Wharf.^[10] Partial records still survive at IGI.^[11]

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 Parva” “The London City Churches”, Norman,P.: London, The London Society, 1929
5. ^ "A Dictionary of London" 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 London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
9. ^ “The City of London-a history” Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
10. ^ “The registers of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul’s Wharf, London” Willioghby,A: London, Harleian Society, 1911
11. ^ Genealogical Web-Site

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