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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 ]
It is also the site of the 'Bow Bells', the church of St Mary-le-Bow, which has played a part in London's Cockney heritage and the tale of Dick Whittington. Geoffrey Chaucer grew up around Cheapside and there are a scattering of references to the thoroughfare and its environs throughout his work.
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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]
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 ...
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate (opposite the Old Bailey) is near the Fleet Prison where debtors were held. St Leonard's, Shoreditch is just outside the old City walls. St Dunstan's, Stepney is also outside the City walls. Bow is St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside. St. Helen's, in the longer version of the song, is St Helen's Bishopsgate, in the City.
The Arches Court's permanent home is St Mary-le-Bow in the City of London. The Arches Court or Court of Arches, presided over by the Dean of Arches, is an ecclesiastical court of the Church of England covering the Province of Canterbury. Its equivalent in the Province of York is the Chancery Court.
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.