St Mary Bothaw

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name = St Mary Bothaw ['Parishes: St Mary Bothaw', The Cartulary of Holy Trinity, Aldgate: London Record Society 7 (1971), pp. 83-85. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64031. Date accessed: 13 July 2008.]
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denomination = Roman Catholic, Anglican
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demolished_date = 1666
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address = Corner of Cannon Street and Dowgate Hill London"
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website = A former church in the City of London.
The Mortality Bill for the year 1665, published by the "Parish Clerk’s Company", shows 97 parishes within the City of London. [ "The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London" Clark, O :London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006 ISSN: 0956-618X ] By September 6th the city lay in ruins, 86 churches having been destroyed. [ The "Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922] In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt. [ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129] Fifty-one were chosen, but St Mary Bothaw on the south side of Cannon Street [“Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909] in Dowgate Ward was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt. [ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659 ] . Described by Stow as a “proper church" ["A Survey of London, Vol I" Stow,J p446 : Originally 1598- this edn,London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890 ] , its dedication derived from “berthage”, that is it was near a place where ships berthed ["A Dictionary of London" Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918] . It was one of the 13 "peculiars" within the City and as such came under the patronage of Canterbury Cathedral [Huelin, G, “Vanished Churches of the City of London”, London,Guildhall Library Publications, 1996ISBN 0900422424] . Although small it contained the tomb of Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone , first Lord Mayor of London [ Huelin (Ibid)] . Following the fire it was united to St Swithin, London Stone (part of whose materials it incorporated) ["The ancient records and antiquities of the parishes of St. swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw" White, JG London, London & Middlesex., archaeological society. 1910] . Partial records still survive at IGI. [ [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Genealogical Web-Site] ] .

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