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At various times the court has sat in the church of St Mary-le-Bow (Sancta Maria de arcubus, formerly the archbishop's principal peculiar in London), whose arches give the court its name. The court used to sit in a large room over the north aisle of the 11th-century crypt adjoining Bow Lane.
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 Lady Chapel is on the site of two earlier chapels: the c.1250 then Lady Chapel and the c.15 Chapel of St. Mary le Bow. These were taken over by the governors of the newly founded 'Edward VI Grammar School' (now known as Sherborne School) in 1550 and were partially demolished and converted into a dwelling for the headmaster in 1560.
St Mary-le-Bow, City of London [27] (until 1850) The Parish of Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales [28] (until 1849) The Parish of Southwick, Hampshire (St James, Southwick and St Nicholas, Boarhunt) [a] [30] Charterhouse chapel, Islington, London [31] The Peculiar (or Peculier) of Masham, North Yorkshire [32] Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hornby ...
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The original name of the parish was simply Marybourne, the stream of St Mary; the French "le" appeared in the 17th century, under the influence of names like Mary-le-Bow. [3] Domesday showed that the manor was held, both before and after the Norman Conquest, by the Barking Abbey nunnery.
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 London portion of the road was rediscovered during Christopher Wren's rebuilding of St Mary-le-Bow church 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 metres (25–29 ft) wide and paved with gravel.