St James Duke's Place

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St James Duke's Place [ [http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app?service=external/Item&sp=Z%22St+James+Duke%27s+Place%22&sp=16563&sp=X Picture of church] ] was an Anglican parish church in the eponymous City of London precinct [ [http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/db/hri3/gis_20050804.jsp?mode=bailey&
] ] (part of Portsoken ward) from 1622 until 1874 [ "The Times", Saturday, August 15, 1874; pg. 6; Issue 28082; col F] . It replaced the ruined "Priory of the Holy Trinity" ["Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations" Pearce, C. W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909] when the area was settled by poor workmen ["The City of London-a history". Borer, M.I.C. : New York, D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] .They found St Katherine Cree "uncongenial" ["Vanished churches of the City of London" Huelin, G.: London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424] and sought permission from the king to build a new church. This they named in his honour [ [http://www.londonancestor.com/stow/stow-church-62.htm Reference to name] ] , to which was added the location- a thoroughfare owned by the Duke of Norfolk ["A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918] . It survived the Great Fire of London ["The Churches of the City of London". Reynolds, H. London, Bodley Head, 1922] but needed extensive restoration in 1727. As the area's Jewish population rose steadily over the next 150 years [See Bevis Marks Synagogue] , however, it became increasingly difficult to finance and in 1874, utilising the 1860 Union of Benefices Act, it was demolished and the parish joined to St Katherine's. Very little trace of the church can be found today but partial records remain at IGI [ [http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/england/lnd/stjamesdukesplace.htm Family tree web-site] ] .

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