St Martin Pomary
| St Martin Pomary | |
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| File:APStMPii.JPG Current photo of site | |
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| Address | Ironmonger Lane, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, Anglican |
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.[2] By September 6th the city lay in ruins, 86 churches having been destroyed.[3] 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.[4] Fifty-one were chosen, but St Martin Pomary on the east side of Ironmonger Lane, Cheapside [5] in Cheap Ward was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt.[6] Its dedication derives from a Latin reference to it being “an open space near a boundary wall" [7]. Its patronage was originally in the hands of the Prior of St Bartholomew-the-Great [8], but by 1547 it was a discrete parish confident enough to remove its crucifix[9] and replace it with the Royal Arms. In 1627 much of the north wall had to be rebuilt[10] but following the fire it was united to St Olave Jewry (part of whose churchyard it shared)[11]. Partial records still survive at IGI.[12].
References
- ^ On wall of Dauntsey House in Frederick Place (which backs onto the east side of Ironmonger Lane)
- ^ "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
- ^ The "Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
- ^ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
- ^ “Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909
- ^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
- ^ "A Dictionary of London" Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
- ^ Huelin, G, “Vanished Churches of the City of London”, London,Guildhall Library Publications, 1996ISBN 0900422424
- ^ ”Vanished Churches of the City of London” Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424
- ^ Huelin (ibid)
- ^ Plan of the church and church yards of St. Olave Jewry and St. Martin, Ironmonger Lane. Scale 1":12 feet / taken and drawn in July 1809 by Jno. Baker, archt.. 445:OLA cited in “City of London Parish Registers Guide 4” Hallows,A.(Ed) - London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300
- ^ Genealogical Web-Site
51°30′49″N 0°5′30″W / 51.51361°N 0.09167°W
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