St Mary Colechurch

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St Mary Colechurch
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LocationLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Architecture
Years built10th century
Demolished1666
Administration
DioceseLondon

St Mary Colechurch was a parish church in the City of London destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.[1]

History

The church was situated at the junction of Poultry and the south end of Old Jewry.[2] Named after its first benefactor,[3] it was a prosperous parish[4] able to support a grammar school,[5] which was rebuilt on the site after the fire and continued in that locality until 1787.

The Great Fire of London of 1666 destroyed 86 of the 97 parish churches in the City of London.[6] By 1670 a Rebuilding Act had been passed and a committee set up under of Sir Christopher Wren to plan the new parishes.[7] Fifty-one were chosen, but St Mary Colechurch was one of the minority not to be rebuilt.[8] The parish was united with St Mildred, Poultry, although the parishioners objected on the grounds that

This was a noisy, crowded parish perpetually disturbed by carts and coaches, and wants sufficient place for burials.[9]

When St Mildred's too was deemed surplus to requirements,

Mercers’ Hall still exists.[13]

St Mary Colechurch Blue Plaque in Old Jewry
Parish Map of St Mary Colechurch and St Mildred Poultry
Parish Boundary Markers for St Mary Colechurch and St Martin Pomeroy

A plaque commemorates the church on the southwest corner of Old Jewry. The site is currently occupied by the Alliance & Leicester at 82 Cheapside.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1405049245
    .
  2. ISBN 0094618801
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  3. ^ A Survey of London; by Stow, J. A. (W. Thoms, ed.) London: A. Whittaker & Co, 1842 (revision of 1598 book)
  4. ISBN 0859641902
  5. ISBN 0900422424
    .
  6. ^ The Churches of the City of London; Reynolds, H. London: Bodley Head, 1922
  7. ISBN 0500201129
  8. ISBN 0853725659
  9. Wren's
    Committee, 1670" in The London City Churches; Norman, P. London: the London Society, 1929
  10. ^ The History of the Church of St. Mildred the Virgin, Poultry, in the City of London, with some particulars of the church of St. Mary Colechurch; Milbourn, T. London: John Russell Smith, 1872
  11. ISBN 0900422300
  12. ^ Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations; Pearce, C. W. London: Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909
  13. ^ Premier Livery Company

51°30′49″N 0°5′28″W / 51.51361°N 0.09111°W / 51.51361; -0.09111

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