St Swithin, London Stone

St Swithin, London Stone

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St Swithin, London Stone was an Anglican Church situated in Cannon Street, City of London.

St Swithin's was founded in the 13th century and dedicated to Saint Swithin. One of the earliest references to the church is as the final resting place of Catrin Glyndwr, wife of rebel Edmund Mortimer and daughter of Owain Glyndwr, the legendary Welsh leader. She was taken hostage when the English captured Harlech Castle in 1409 and incarcerated in the Tower of London. Catrin Glyndwr died in mysterious circumstances four years later. The only record of her death is in the Exchequer documents of 1413: "for expenses and other charges incurred for the burial of the wife of Edmund Mortimer and her daughters, buried within St Swithin's Church London ...£1" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/speechanddrama/theverb_arnott.shtml St Swithin's Churchyard] BBC Radio 3]

The church was rebuilt by Sir John Hind in 1405 [ “The Churches of the City of London” Reynolds,H: The Bodley Head, London 1922] . One of the 86 churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London, it was rebuilt to a design by Sir Christopher Wren in 1678 [ [http://london.lovesguide.com/swithin_londonstone.htm A timeline of the church] ] at a cost of £4,687 4s 6d. [“Vanished Churches of the City of London”Huelin,G : Guildhall Library Publications, London, 1996 ISBN 0900422424]

In 1798 the London Stone, from which it was reputed all routes out of the city originally radiated, [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A863309 Speculations on origin] BBC] was relocated within the Church walls where it remained until 1940 when the church was badly damaged in an air raid during the Second World War [ [http://london.lovesguide.com/swithin_londonstone.htm Relocated again] ] . Only the pulpit was saved and now resides at All Hallows by the Tower. [ [http://www.ourpasthistory.com/england/?pg=2&c=City-of-London-Churches Pulpit salvaged] ] It was united with St Stephen Walbrook in 1954 and sold in 1960.

The church was finally demolished in 1962 and today there is a garden of remembrance where the church once stood and is filled with flowers. [“Sovreign City of London Churches”, Betjeman,J. : Pitkin, Andover, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659] [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/speechanddrama/theverb_arnott.shtml St Swithin's Churchyard] BBC Radio 3] .Pevsner found a church mark in nearby "Salters’ Hall Court" [ "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550] .

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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A863309 BBC - The London Stone]


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