St John Zachary

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demolished_date = 1666
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address = London
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St John Zachary (meaning "St John son of St Zachary", ie John the Baptist) [Gordon Huelin in his definitive “Vanished churches of the City of London”(London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996ISBN 0900422424) puts forward an alternative explanation- a 12th century deed, held at St Paul's Cathedralgave it to Zachary the monk, which name was incorporated into the church title to distinguish it from St John the Baptist, Walbrook.] was a church, first mentioned in official records in 1181 ["A Dictionary of London", Harben, H.A: Herbert Jenkins,London,1922] , within the City of London, England, on the north side of Gresham Street, Aldersgate [“Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909] . Its vicar from May 25, 1424 [ Article to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death "William Byngham: A Medieval Protagonist of the Training of Teachers" Armytage,W. H. G. in “History of Education Journal”, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer, 1951), pp. 107-110] to an unknown date was William Byngham, the founder of England's first teacher training college [ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Brown-Catley Davenport ,R.B (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 019861411X] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 ["The Churches of the City of London", Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922] and not rebuilt [Although thethe name also living on as a Ward Precinct within Aldersgate British History On-Line "Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693-1694: City of London, Aldersgate Ward (Within and Without), Aldersgate Ward Within, St John Zachary Precinct", Barnes,J Earle,P Keene,D & Spence,C (1992)] , with its parish being reunited with that of St Anne and St Agnes by Act of Parliament in 1670 ["Church of England, Parish of St. Anne and St. Agnes (London, England). - Miscellaneous papers, including churchwardens' papers, settlement examinatio, 1674". - M0003869CLcited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows,A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1954 ISBN 0900422300 ] - an arrangement that lasted until the 20th century [ "The records of two city parishes: a collection of documents illustrative of the history of SS. Anne and Agnes, Aldershot, and St. John Zachary, London, from the twelfth century", McMurray,W (clerk of the united parishes):London, Hunter and Longhurst, 1925] . Its site is now a garden [ [http://www.gardensofthecityoflondon.co.uk/page39.html Gardens of the City of London] ] first made by the fire watchers in 1941 [ "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550] .Partial records survive at IGI [ [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Genealogical Web-Site] ] .

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