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The Church of St Mary-le-Bow (/ b oʊ /) is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, England. Located on Cheapside , one of the city's oldest thoroughfares, the church was founded in 1080, by Lanfranc , Archbishop of Canterbury . [ 1 ]
The Parish Church of St Mary and Holy Trinity, Stratford, Bow; known as Bow Church. Bow was an isolated hamlet by the early 14th century, some distance from its parish church of St Dunstan's, Stepney. In 1311 permission was granted to build St Mary's Church, Bow as a chapel of ease to
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Cheapside in 1823, looking west towards St Paul's Cathedral A view of Cheapside published in 1837 Photochrom of Cheapside, c. 1890–1900. Cheapside is the former site of one of the principal produce markets in London, cheap broadly meaning "market" in medieval English.
The contemporary ward is home to many large businesses and new initiatives such as Bow Bells House, [6] named after the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church—and not, as sometimes thought, after the area of Bow. Cordwainer contains one other church, St Mary Aldermary, and the site of St Antholin, Budge Row, demolished in 1875. [7]
The renovation and expansion of the St. Mary School in German Village has received the Columbus Landmarks' highest honor.. The $18-million project, by MKC Architects, received the preservation ...
The London portion of Watling Street was rediscovered during Christopher Wren's rebuilding of St Mary-le-Bow in 1671–73, following the Great Fire. Modern excavations date its construction to the winter from AD 47 to 48. Around London, it was 7.5–8.7 m (25–29 ft) wide and paved with gravel.
The historic county of Middlesex, England divided into the six hundreds. List of the parishes in Middlesex, grouped by hundred, as of 1831.. The historic county of Middlesex was recorded in the Domesday Book as being divided into the six hundreds of Edmonton, Elthorne, Gore, Hounslow (Isleworth in all later records), [1] Ossulstone and Spelthorne, as follows: