St Mary Bothaw
| St Mary Bothaw | |
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| Address | Corner of Cannon Street and Dowgate Hill London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Anglican, originally Roman Catholic |
St Mary Bothaw was a parish church in the City of London also referred to as "Saint Mary Boatehaw by the Erber",[1] which stood on the south side of Cannon Street.[2] in Dowgate Ward.[3] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.
History
St Mary Bothaw was described by Stow as a "proper church".[4] The dedication is generally derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house".[5]It was one of the 13 "peculiars" within the City under the patronage of the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.[6] Although small it contained the tomb of Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone, first Lord Mayor of London.[6]
Following the destruction of the majority of parish churches in the City by the Great Fire, the Rebuilding Act was passed in 1670 and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt [7] Fifty-one were chosen, but St Mary Bothaw was not amongst them.[3] Instead the parish was united to that of St Swithin, London Stone, and some of the materials from St Mary's were used to rebuild that church. [8] The site was retained as a churchyard until the Cannon Street Railway Station was built over it in the nineteenth century.[5]
References
- ^ Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J (1983 (rev 1993,2008)). "The London Encyclopaedia". London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Pearce, C.W. (1909). Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations. London: Winthrop Rogers.
- ^ a b {{|cite book|title=The City of London Churches|last=Betjeman|first=John|location= Andover|publisher=Pitkin|year=1967 (rpnt 1992)|isbn=0-85372-565-9}}
- ^ "A Survey of London, Vol I" Stow,J p446 : Originally 1598- this edn,London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890
- ^ a b White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. p. 116.
- ^ a b Huelin, G. (1996). Vanished Churches of the City of London. London: Guildhall Library Publications. ISBN 0-900422-42-4.
- ^ Whinney, Margaret (1971). Wren. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20112-9.
- ^ White, JG (1910). The ancient records and antiquities of the parishes of St. Swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw. London: London & Middlesex Archaeological Society.
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