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St Mildred Bread Street was a church in Bread Street Ward of the City of London dedicated to the 7th century Saint Mildred the Virgin, daughter of Merewald, Sub-king of the West Mercians [1]. The church was founded in the 13th century[2], had a vestry and court yard bequeathed in 1428 and a stained glass montage added in 1628[3]. A prosperous parish[4],it was totally destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt to a design by Sir Christopher Wren in 1683 at a cost of £3,705 13s 6d [5]. The poet Shelley was married there in 1816 [6]. in 1932 a bust to the first Governor of New South Wales was unveiled on the west wall of the church [7] and most of its records lost[8], this time becoming one of the eight churches at different times to have been reunited with St Mary-le-Bow [9].
[edit] References
- ^ Mildred’s details
- ^ Sovereign City of London Churches, Betjeman,J. (Pitkin, Andover 1967 reprinted 1992) ISBN 0853725659
- ^ Vanished Churches of the City of London, Huelin,G (Guildhall Library Publications, London, 1996) ISBN 0900422424
- ^ Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Mildred in the Poultry, The inhabitants of London in 1638 (1931), pp. 158-59 accessed: 23 September 2007
- ^ The Churches of the City of London Reynolds,H. (Bodley Head 1922)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica(1955 Edn) Vol 20 p485
- ^ This now stands outside 25 Cannon Street Huelin (Ibid)<ref> The church itself was destroyed again during [[The Blitz]]<ref>[http://london.lovesguide.com/mildred_bread.htm ''Details of demise'' (Lovesguide)]</li> <li id="cite_note-7">'''[[#cite_ref-7|^]]''' [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html ''Details for record hunters'' (Genealogy)]</li> <li id="cite_note-8">'''[[#cite_ref-8|^]]''' [http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?History:London_Parishes ''London Parishes'' (Parish Web Site)]</li></ol></ref>
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