St Andrew Hubbard

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demolished_date = 1666
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address = Philpot Lane, London
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St Andrew Hubbard was one of the churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

The Bills of Mortality 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 6 September 1666 the city lay in ruins [ Diary of Samuel Pepys Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675] , 87 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 Andrew Hubbard was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt [ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659 ] . The church was situated in Philpot Lane ["Worshipful Company of Turners. - Title deeds relating to the Hall in Philpot Lane, in the parish of St Andrew, 1606". - M0000429CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows,A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300 ] in the area known as "Little Eastcheap" ["A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918] and took its name from Hubert, a mediaeval benefactor ["Vanished Churches of the City of London" Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424] . Its parish records are among the most detailed in the UK [ [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=48FF26D6E81ADF707DFF2E3546E8D44B.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=102251 Parish records analysed] ] and have been extensively researched [”The Church records of St Andrew Hubbard, Eastcheap c1450-1570” Burgess,C(Ed): London, London Record Society,1999 ISBN 0900952332] , for example they tell us it was a thriving but rat-prone living. After the fire the church was united with St Mary-at-Hill and the site used to build the Royal Weigh House [ "The City of London-a history" Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] . Substantial records survive at IGI [ [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Genealogical Web-Site] ] . A Parish boundary mark can be found in nearby Philpot Lane [See below] .

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