St. Michael, Crooked Lane

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St. Michael, Crooked Lane
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Architecture
Architect(s) Christopher Wren
Style Baroque

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St Michael, Crooked Lane was an ancient parish church situated on the east side of Miles's Lane[1] in Candlewick Ward in the City of London.[2] It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London by Sir Christopher Wren and demolished in 1831.

History

The church was in existence by 1304. It was an originally a small church, standing amongst the slaughter-yards of the butchers of Eastcheap. It was rebuilt on a much larger scale in 1336 by John Lovekeyn, four-times Lord Mayor of London, and received further benefactions from Sir William Walworth, who was Lord Mayor in 1374.[1] The patronage of the church belonged first to the prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury until 1408 and later to the archbishop of Canterbury, becoming one of 13 peculiarities in the City of London belonging to him.[1][3]

It was in the parish that the first cases of The Plague occurred in 1665.[4]

After its destruction in the Great Fire of London, the church was rebuilt in 1687, by Sir Christopher Wren. The interior of the new church was 78 feet long, 46 feet wide and 32 feet high, with round-headed windows.[1] James Peller Malcolm called Wren’s church "so plain as to be indescribable", noting only the Corinthian reredos, "the usual tablets" and the lack of an organ.[3] There was a Portland stone tower, about 100 feet high, topped with a perforated parapet, with vases at its angles, and a spire – described by James Elmes as "remarkably picturesque" – with clock, weather-vane and cross.[1]

The church was demolished in 1831[5] to make way for the wider approaches needed for the rebuilt London Bridge.[6] Its parish was united with that of St Magnus the Martyr. A stained glass window In the church of St Magnus commemorates the former parish.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Candlewick Ward History
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Samuel Pepys's Diary: April 30, 1665 (Dover, Lewis Publications 1992) ISBN 978-0-486-43667-8
  5. ↑ "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
  6. ↑ The Church Of St. Michael, Crooked Lane Correspondent not cited The Times, Thursday, Apr 07, 1831; pg. 3; Issue 14507; col F
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