St Ann Blackfriars

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St Ann Blackfriars
St Ann Churchyard in 2008
St Ann Churchyard in 2008
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The Mortality Bill for the year 1665 , published by the Parish Clerk’s Company, shows 97 parishes within the City of London.[1] By September 6th the city lay in ruins,[2] 86 churches having been destroyed.[3] In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt.[4] Fifty-one were chosen, but St Ann Blackfriars was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt.[5] It is unusual in that it was a comparatively new church when it perished, only having been built by public subscription.[6] During its brief existence it was a puritan stronghold[7] and a place thoughtful Londoners made a point of visiting.[8] It was situated within the ward of Farringdon Within in Church Entry,[9] Carter Lane[10] near to the Blackfriars Theatre- a fact which displeased its conservative congregation.[11] After the fire the church was united with St Andrew by the Wardrobe although even today tiny parts of the churchyard visible at Ireland Yard[12] remain[13]; as do partial records at IGI.[14] Visitors to the site today will find the name preserved in the address of the Ancient Monuments Society. [15]

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  1. ^ The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London Clark, O :London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006 ISSN: 0956-618X
  2. ^ Diary of Samuel Pepys Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 0486136675
  3. ^ "The Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
  4. ^ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
  5. ^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
  6. ^ "Vanished Churches of the City of London" Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424
  7. ^ "The City of London-a history" Borer,M.I.C.: New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
  8. ^ "Samuel Pepys-The Shorter Pepys" Latham,R(Ed): Harmondsworth,1985 ISBN 0140094180
  9. ^ Site of church
  10. ^ "A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
  11. ^ Church of England, Diocese of London. - Parish register transcripts of parishes in the City of London. 1639-40. - [A-St L], 1639. . - M0003091CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows,A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300
  12. ^ "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550
  13. ^ Picture of churchyard
  14. ^ Genealogical Web-Site
  15. ^ Organisation web-site

50°30′4″N, 0°6′7″WCoordinates: 50°30′4″N, 0°6′7″W

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