2016

TQ3280 : A-spiring to find a hundred churches (3)

taken 10 years ago, near to City of London, The City of London, England

A-spiring to find a hundred churches (3)
A-spiring to find a hundred churches (3)
St Nicholas Cole Abbey LinkExternal link which I once managed to see inside Link
In Pepys' footsteps

When I was at school I remember learning that there were a hundred churches in the City of London before the Great Fire of 1666. Then you start thinking: that can't be true, can it? I do recall, however, from my reading of the great diarist how often he mentions one. So, one gloomy November Sunday I set off to see how many sites I could find...

Church of St Nicholas Cole Abbey

Grade I listed building, built by Sir Christopher Wren. LinkExternal link
St. Nicholas Cole Abbey is a church in the City of London located on what is now Queen Victoria Street. Recorded from the twelfth century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. The church suffered substantial bomb damage from German bombs during the London Blitz in the Second World War and was reconstructed by Arthur Bailey in 1961-2.
Wikipedia: LinkExternal link


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TQ3280, 6865 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 20 November, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 22 November, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3215 8095 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.7218N 0:5.8224W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3214 8094
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