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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.
Other than St Paul's Cathedral, St Mary-le-Bow was considered the most important church in the city, and thus, according to a document dated to 13 June 1670, at the head of the list to be rebuilt. [13] [15] The mason's contract for the rebuilding of St Mary-le-Bow was signed just under two months later, on 2 August. [15]
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.
It detailed the history of the City of Durham from medieval times to the present day. The museum was located in the redundant church of St Mary-le-Bow, close to the World Heritage Site of Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle, [1] which is bounded on the north and east by Hatfield College; on the south by Bow Lane, and the west by North Bailey.
There was a suggestion in 1658 that it should be united with that of St. Mary le Bow, but the idea was dropped and the two remained separate until after the Great Fire. [ 1 ] In the late 12th and early 13th century, the parish became one of the first centres in the City for the trade of mercery : trading in cloth, typically silk and other fine ...
It has also been suggested that, on Bow Lane, it is the older St Mary’s with respect to nearby St Mary Le Bow. The patronage of the rectory of St Mary Aldermary belonged to the prior and chapter of Canterbury, but was transferred to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1400. [4] In 1510, Sir Henry Keeble financed the building of a new church. The ...
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 ...
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.