- St Peter, Paul's Wharf
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name = St Peter, Paul's Wharf
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parish =Roman Catholic ,Anglican
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founded_date = 10th century
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demolished_date = 1666
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address =London
country =United Kingdom
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website =St Peter, Paul's Wharf is a former notable church in the
City of London .The Mortality Bill 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 September 6th the city lay in ruins, 86 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 Peter Paul’s Wharf [Sometimes known as “St Peter Parva” “The London City Churches”, Norman,P.: London, The London Society, 1929] to the north of Upper Thames Street in Queenhithe Ward ["A Dictionary of London" Harben,H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918] was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt. [ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659 ] First mentioned in the12th Century [”Vanished Churches of the City of London” Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424] the parish was defiant in continuing to use theBook of Common Prayer during the Civil War. [ “The City of London-a history” Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] Following the fire it was united toSt Benet Paul's Wharf . [ “The registers of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul’s Wharf, London” Willioghby,A: London, Harleian Society, 1911 ] Partial records still survive at IGI. [ [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Genealogical Web-Site] ] .References
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