St. Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard

Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

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    Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London England
    Coordinates: 51.50876, -0.12696
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St Martin-in-the-Fields is an English Anglican church at the N.E. corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tour. There has been a church on the site since at least 1222. It was at that time located ‘in the fields' beyond the London wall, when it was awarded to Westminster Abbey for oversight. It became a principal parish church west of the old City in the early modern period as Westminster's population grew. The present church was designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1726.

The area around church is now paved and used as an outdoor market. Originally the churchyard extended much further to the south. The extensive burial ground containing an estimated 60-70,000 burials, adjoining the church was broken up to make improvements in the city of Westminster. The dead were disinterred, and their remains removed to catacombs consecrated in 1831. These were cleared in 1937.

St Martin-in-the-Fields is an English Anglican church at the N.E. corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tour. There has been a church on the site since at least 1222. It was at that time located ‘in the fields' beyond the London wall, when it was awarded to Westminster Abbey for oversight. It became a principal parish church west of the old City in the early modern period as Westminster's population grew. The present church was designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1726.

The area around church is now paved and used as an outdoor market. Originally the churchyard extended much further to the south. The extensive burial ground containing an estimated 60-70,000 burials, adjoining the church was broken up to make improvements in the city of Westminster. The dead were disinterred, and their remains removed to catacombs consecrated in 1831. These were cleared in 1937.

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