St John the Baptist upon Walbrook

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St John the Baptist upon Walbrook
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Denomination Roman Catholic, Anglican
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Address London
Country United Kingdom

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A former church in the City of London.
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, 86 churches having been destroyed.[2] 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.[3] Fifty-one were chosen, but St John the Baptist in Walbrook Ward[4] was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt.[5] . First mentioned in the 12th Century [6]the parish was renovated in 1621 [7] Following the fire it was united to St Antholin, Budge Row.[8] Partial records still survive at IGI.[9].

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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. ^ "The Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
  3. ^ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
  4. ^ Parts of it extended into Cordwainer, Dowgate and Vintry Wards- "A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
  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. ^ The parish registers of St. Antholin, Budge Row, London, containing the marriages, baptisms and burials from 1538 to 1754, and of St. John Baptist on Wallbrook, London, containing the baptisms and burials from 1682 to 1754 Chester,J.L(Ed) London, Harleian Society,1883
  9. ^ Genealogical Web-Site

51°30′36″N, 0°5′31″WCoordinates: 51°30′36″N, 0°5′31″W

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