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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 ]
Cheapside was the birthplace of both John Milton and Robert Herrick. It was for a long time one of the most important streets in London. 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.
Church of St Alban, Wood Street, London (ibid) St Pancras, Soper Lane: Pancras Lane at Queen Street: St Mary-le-Bow (ibid) St Peter, Paul's Wharf: Upper Thames Street at Peter's Hill St Benet Paul's Wharf [16] St Peter, Westcheap: Southwest corner of Wood Street: St. Matthew Friday Street (ibid) St Thomas the Apostle: St Thomas Apostle Street
The customary English theatre story, adapted from the life of the real Richard Whittington, is that the young boy Dick Whittington was an unhappy apprentice running away from his master, and heard the tune ringing from the bell tower of the church of St Mary-le-Bow in London in 1392. [5]
Guild church; Thursday lunchtime services St Mary Abchurch: Cannon Street: Mary: C12th: Rebuilt 1681–1686. Guild church St Mary Aldermary: Mansion House: Mary: C11th: Rebuilt 1681. Guild church; may not hold regular services St Mary-at-Hill: Billingsgate: Mary: C12th: Rebuilt 1676 St Mary-le-Bow: Cheapside: Mary: C11th: Rebuilt 1671–1673 ...
There were once two churches in the ward, All Hallows Bread Street and St Mildred, Bread Street, both to the design of Christopher Wren. Today their former parishes comprise part of St Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside. All Hallows was demolished in 1876 to make way for warehouses, and St Mildred was destroyed during The Blitz in April and May 1941. [6]
He sent two accomplices to capture Fitz Osbert when he was alone and not surrounded by his mob. In the mêlée that followed one of the accomplices was killed and Osbert escaped with a few followers to take refuge in the nearby church of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, intending not to seek sanctuary but to defend it as a fortress.
St Mary-le-Bow: Cheapside, Cordwainer, City of London: 1670–83: Grade I (1950) reconsecrated in 1964: St Michael Paternoster Royal: College Hill, Dowgate, City of London: 1686–94: Grade I (1950) restored in 1966–8