St Bride Churchyard
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St Bride Churchyard

Fleet Street, City of London, Greater London, England

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St. Bride's Church or Parish (also known as St. Bridget's Church or Parish) is a church on Fleet Street in the City of London, England. It is situated to the south of Fleet Street and is bounded by Fleet Street on the north; St Bride's Passage, Salisbury Square, on the west; Bride Lane on the east, and the backs of the houses of Bell's Buildings on the south.

The cemetery is behind the West side of Farringdon Street and is still used for that purpose. The earliest burials in the churchyard occurred in 1574. In 1610, the Earl of Dorset gave a large piece of ground on the west side of Fleet Ditch, for a new burial ground, and it was consecrated August 2 of that year by Dr. George Abbott, Bishop of London.

This church appears to be of considerable antiquity, as there are records of three rectors previous to 1362. It was a very small building until about 1480 when it was greatly enlarged by William Venor who erected a spacious fabric at its west end which consisted of a nave and two aisles, to which the ancient church served as a choir. It was originally a rectory in the patronage of the Abbott and and convent of Westminster and is supposed to have been converted into a vicarage about the year 1529.

The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672. Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire during the London Blitz in 1940. The church stands 226 feet (69m) high and is the second tallest of all Wren's churches with only St Paul's having a higher pinnacle.





St. Bride's Church or Parish (also known as St. Bridget's Church or Parish) is a church on Fleet Street in the City of London, England. It is situated to the south of Fleet Street and is bounded by Fleet Street on the north; St Bride's Passage, Salisbury Square, on the west; Bride Lane on the east, and the backs of the houses of Bell's Buildings on the south.

The cemetery is behind the West side of Farringdon Street and is still used for that purpose. The earliest burials in the churchyard occurred in 1574. In 1610, the Earl of Dorset gave a large piece of ground on the west side of Fleet Ditch, for a new burial ground, and it was consecrated August 2 of that year by Dr. George Abbott, Bishop of London.

This church appears to be of considerable antiquity, as there are records of three rectors previous to 1362. It was a very small building until about 1480 when it was greatly enlarged by William Venor who erected a spacious fabric at its west end which consisted of a nave and two aisles, to which the ancient church served as a choir. It was originally a rectory in the patronage of the Abbott and and convent of Westminster and is supposed to have been converted into a vicarage about the year 1529.

The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672. Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire during the London Blitz in 1940. The church stands 226 feet (69m) high and is the second tallest of all Wren's churches with only St Paul's having a higher pinnacle.





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