St Antholin, Budge Row

St Antholin, Budge Row

Current photo of site
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic, Anglican

St Antholin, Budge Row, or St Antholin, Watling Street, was a former church in the City of London, demolished in 1874. Its successor church is still in existence as St Anthony and St Silas, Nunhead.[1].

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History

The original church was first recorded in 1119 and stood on Budge Row, a street which no longer exists. The church was rebuilt in the 15th century, and in 1666 was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. It was rebuilt in 1678-1684 by Sir Christopher Wren.[2]

In 1829, the upper part of the spire was replaced and the portion taken down, with a dragon's head weathervane, was sold for £5 to Robert Harrild, a printer, who had it erected on his property, Round Hill House in Sydenham, now London SE26. It remains there today, now surrounded by modern town houses.[3].

The church was demolished in 1875 [4] as part of the Union of Benefices Act.[5] At the same time many bodies were disinterred from the crypt and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery.[6].

On 11 May 1878, a successor church, St Antholin, Nunhead, was consecrated. On 27 December 1940, this church was gutted by incendiary bombs, but was rebuilt after the war and on 12 October 1957, reconsecrated as St Anthony, Nunhead. In 2001, the church was united with St Silas, Peckham Rye, when St Silas was demolished. In 2003, the church was rebuilt on the same site and dedicated to St Anthony and St Silas, Nunhead.

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References

  1. ^ Explanation of merger
  2. ^ Cobb,G.: The Old Churches of London. London, Batsford,1942
  3. ^ website including a modern photograph of the old spire
  4. ^ "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
  5. ^ Of all the churches demolished in the nineteenth century, the loss of St Antholin's seems to have caused the greatest regret: cf Gordon Huelin, Vanished Churches of the City of London, p.35. London, Guildhall Library Publications, 1996 ISBN 0900422424
  6. ^ Clarke, J.M., 2006: The Brookwood Necropolis Railway. Usk: Oasdale ISBN 9780853616559

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