Holy Trinity the Less
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Holy Trinity the Less was an ancient church within the boundaries of the City of London which was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in September 1666.
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[edit] Background
The Mortality Bill for the year 1665 , published by the Parish Clerk’s Company, shows 97 parishes within the City of London[1]. By September 6th the following year the city lay in ruins[2], 86 churches having been destroyed[3].
[edit] Which to rebuild?
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[4]. Fifty-one were chosen, but Holy Trinity the Less was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt[5]. It is unusual in that it was a comparatively new building[6] having only been rebuilt in 1606, although Stow could trace its roots back to 1266[7].
[edit] Location
It was located on the east side of Nightrider Street on the south side near St Nicholas Cole Abbey [8] and was, it would seem, a lively parish[9].
[edit] Fate
After the fire it was united with St Michael Queenhithe [10] and today the site lies underneath the entrance to Mansion House tube station [11], although partial records remain at IGI[12].
[edit] References
- ^ 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
- ^ Diary of Samuel Pepys Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675
- ^ "The Churches of the City of London"Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
- ^ "Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971 ISBN 0500201129
- ^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
- ^ “Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909
- ^ “A Survey of London, Vol I”Stow,J : Originally 1598- this edn,London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890
- ^ "The City of London-a history" Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
- ^ In 1559 the rector hit a recalcitrant parishioner over the head with a bottle "Vanished Churches of the City of London" Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424
- ^ A separate churchwarden was appointed for former Holy Trinity worshippers Church of England, Parish of St. Michael Queenhithe. - Rough registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1694. - M0013822CL. - M0003091CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows,A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300
- ^ "A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
- ^ Genealogical Web-Site
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