St Michael Wood Street
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| St. Michael Wood Street | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Architect(s) | Christopher Wren |
| Style | Baroque |
Described by Stow (1598) as a “proper thing”, St Michael’s Wood Street in Cripplegate Ward was the hurried burial site for the head of King James IV of Scotland[1] (Huelin, 1996). First mentioned in 1225 (Harben,1919)[2] the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (Reynolds, 1922) and rebuilt after some pressure (Hallows, 1974) by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673 (Whinney,1971). The organ was built by Thomas Elliot in 1800 (Pearce, 1909).[3] In 1854 the declining residential population led to proposals to reduce the number of churches within the “Square Mile” (Times, 1854)- a decision the church's vicar had himself proposed (Hume,1853). The church was eventually demolished under the auspices of the Union of Benefices Act (Hibbert) in 1897 (Cobb) and many bodies were disinterred from the churchyard and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery (Clarke). It was then united with St Alban Wood Street (Norman,1902) and after the destruction of that church in World War II, St Vedast Foster Lane (Betjeman, 1972).
The church was on the west side of Wood Street, initially with a frontage on Huggin Lane but later on Wood Street itself.
The site has undergone several redevelopments and, as of 2013, is occupied by a pub called The Red Herring.[1]
Bibliography
- Betjeman, J: The City of London Churches (Andover, Pitkin, 1972) ISBN 0-85372-112-2
- Clarke,J.M: The Brookwood Necropolis Railway (Oasdale, Usk, 2006) ISBN 978-0-85361-655-9
- Cobb,G: The Old Churches of London (London, Batsford, 1942)
- Church of England, Parish of St. Michael Wood Street. - Assessment of the annual tithes of the joint parishes of St. Michael Wood St, 1671. - M0014588CL cited in City of London Parish Registers Guide 4 Hallows,A.(Ed): (London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974) ISBN 0-900422-30-0
- Harben, H.A: A Dictionary of London, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1922
- Huelin, G.: Vanished churches of the City of London” London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996ISBN 0900422424
- Hume, C Proposal for supplying the Suburbs of London with some of the Churches not required in the City. (London, 1853)
- Norman, P: On the destroyed church of St. Michael Wood street in the city of London (London, The Society, 1902)
- Pearce, C.W. Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations (London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909)
- Stow, J A A Survey of London (W.Thoms,Ed): (London, A Whittaker & Co, 1842- rev of 1598)
- Proposed Removal Of Thirty City Churches in The Times, Wednesday 4 January 1854; pg. 5; Issue 21629; col F
- Whinney, M: Wren (London Thames & Hudson, 1971) ISBN 0-500-20112-9
- Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J The London Encyclopaedia (London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5)
Ministers of the church
- John Ive, fl 1399 [4]
See also
- List of Christopher Wren churches in London
- List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished
References
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- ↑ As St. Michael de Wudestrate
- ↑ He notes that the most noted organist was Dr Henry Hiles
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/555. year 1399 (first term of Henry IV); http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/bCP40no555dorses/IMG_0304.htm; 4th entry, county margination "london"; John Ive, parson, as plaintiff
External links
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