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in Medieval & Tudor London
- In medieval & Tudor times,
there were over 100 parish and monastic churches within and
immediately surrounding the walls of the City of London. St.
Paul's Cathedral stood at the centre.
- Parts of the churches probably
dated back to Saxon times. This is certainly true of St. Bride's Fleet
Street & All Hallows'-by-the-Tower.
- The Church was very important in
everyone's life in those days. Everyone went to church on Sunday; and
there were lots of important festivals through the year. Some churches
were also important places of pilgrimage. There were a lot of people
in London, so they needed a lot of churches. All the churches were
Roman Catholic until the Reformation started in King Henry VIII's
reign. They then became part of the Church of England.
- During the Dissolution of the
Monasteries, the monastic churches were pulled down or converted to
other uses.
- Most of the parish churches were
burnt down during the Great Fire of
London in 1666. They were often rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren.
- Some surviving medieval
churches, like the Church of the Austin Friars, were also destroyed or
damaged during the Blitz in the Second World War.
- Good examples of medieval
churches still to be seen in London today are St. Mary Overie (Southwark
Cathedral), Westminster Abbey, St.
Margaret's Westminster, St. Etheldreda's Ely Place, the Temple
Church,
the Savoy Chapel, St. Bartholomew the
Great, St. Bartholomew the Less,
St. Helen's Bishopsgate, St. Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St. Andrew
Undershaft, St. Katherine Cree, St Olave's Hart Street, St. Giles
Cripplegate, St. Sepulchre Newgate & All Hallows'-by-the-Tower.
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