- St Mildred, Poultry
Infobox church
name = St. Mildred, Poultry
fullname =
color =
imagesize =
caption = Current photo of site
landscape =
denomination =Roman Catholic ,Anglican
diocese =
parish =
division =
subdivision =
founded_date =
founder =
architect =
style =
constructed_date =
dedicated_date =
closed_date =
demolished_date = 1872
bishop =
priest =
archdeacon =
dean =
provost =
rector =
canon =
prebendary =
curate =
chaplain =
vicar =
deacon =
abbot =
minister =
seniorpastor =
pastor =
address =London
country =United Kingdom
phone =
website =St Mildred, Poultry [ [http://www.stmildreds.org.uk/church-history.php Explanation of dedication] ] [ [http://www.londonancestor.com/views/vc-mildp.htm Victorian Etching of church] ] was a church [ [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Details for genealogists] ] in the
City of London beside theWalbrook stream [“Churches of the City of London” Reynolds, H: Bodley Head, London, 1922] on the north side of the Poultry at its junction with Mansion House Street inCheap [ The mediaeval meaning of the word is market “Oxford English Dictionary Vol 2” p634 Murray, J(Ed): OUP, Oxford,1893] , one of the 25 wards of theCity of London . The first church can be traced back to 1175, in the reign of Edward the Third [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46758 British History on Line] ] and was largely rebuilt in 1450 [“Vanished churches of the City of London”, Huelin, G: Guildhall Library Publishing, London 1996 ISBN 0900422424 ] . Destroyed in theGreat Fire of London it was rebuilt during 1670-1676 by Christopher Wren [ [http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/personal-page/james/phd/wren/type.html Wren Enthusiasts web-site] ] and subsumed St Mary Colechurch [ [http://www.mercers.co.uk/netbuildpro/process/243/StAndrewbytheWardrobeLondon.php Benefice details] ] . In 1871 it was sold for development [ “History of the church of St Mildred the Virgin in Poultry in the City of London”: John Russell Smith,London,1872] and demolished the following year, uniting withSt Olave Old Jewry and when that too ceased to a viable parish,St Margaret Lothbury [ Papers relating to the proposed union of the rectory of St Margaret Lothbury MS 08905 cited in “City of London Parish Registers Guide 4” Hallows,A.(Ed) - London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300 . ] . Many of its records survive and have been catalogued [ [http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/aboutbo-blb-clb.htm Cataloguing details] ] .St Mildred in the Poultry was the burial place of the writer
Thomas Tusser . Some description of the church and its monuments is given inJohn Stow 's "Survey of London". [W. J. Thoms (ed.), "A Survey of London written in the year 1598, by John Stow" (based on 1798 edition), (Chatto and Windus, London 1876), pp. 98-99.]A City Corporation Plaque commemorates the site [See below]
References
External links
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.