St Leonard, Foster Lane
Church in London, England
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Ruins of St. Leonard's
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Location | Foster Lane , London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Anglican |
History | |
Founded | 13th century |
Architecture | |
Closed | 1666 |
St Leonard, Foster Lane , was a Church of England church dedicated to Leonard of Noblac on the west side of Foster Lane in the Aldersgate ward of the City of London . [1] [2] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and not rebuilt.
History
This church originally belonged to the College of St Martin-le-Grand . [3] It was founded in the 13th century by the dean and canons of St. Martin's, [4] to serve the inhabitants of the precinct, who had previously worshipped at the altar of St Leonard in the collegiate church. [1] The building, which was small, stood in the courtyard of the collegiate church, on the west side of Foster Lane. [3]
There is a record of a new window being installed in the chancel in 1533. [3] In 1579, the existing graveyard, being too small was leased out, and a new one laid out on an area of the precinct previously known as the "Dean's Garden" leased by the churchwarden and parishioners for a term of 61 years. [1] The building was repaired and enlarged in 1631, [3] at a cost of more than £500. [1]
The poet Francis Quarles , who died 1644, was buried there. [5]
Destruction
St Leonard's was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and not rebuilt. [6] the parish instead being united to that of Christ Church, Newgate Street , and the site used as a graveyard. [1] Some ruins of the church remained, however, until the early 19th century, when they were finally cleared [7] to make way for the new buildings of the General Post Office. [3]
Despite the destruction of the church, the "Parish Dole" [8] was still available as late as 1907. [9]
Its former burial ground now forms part of Postman's Park .
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Newcourt, Richard (1708). Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense . Vol. 1. London. pp. 293–4.
- ↑ "Vanished Churches in the City of London" Huelin,G: London,Guildhall Library Publications,1996 ISBN 0-900422-42-4
- 1 2 3 4 5 White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London . London. pp. 90 –3.
- ↑ Jenkinson, Wilberforce (1917). London Churches Before the Great Fire . London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge.
- ↑ Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (24 February 2011). London Past and Present . Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 386. ISBN 9781108028073 .
- ↑ The "Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
- ↑ Betjeman, John (1967). The City of London Churches . Andover: Pitkin. ISBN 0-85372-112-2 .
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Dole" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 387.
- ↑ Pearce, Charles William (1909). Notes on old London city churches : their organs, organists, and musical associations . London: Vincent Music Company.
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