St Edmund the King and Martyr
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| St. Edmund the King and Martyr | |
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 Photo of the church today
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| Denomination | Anglican, earlier Roman Catholic |
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| Address | Lombard Street, City of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
St Edmund, King and Martyr is a church building on Lombard Street, in the City of London. It was a Church of England church dedicated to St Edmund. In 1292 it is first recorded, as 'Saint Edmund towards Garcherche'[1], and it reappears in 1348 as 'Saint Edmund in Lombardestrete'. This medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire, and Christopher Wren built the present building 1670-1679, with a tower designed like a lighthouse ornamented at the angles by flaming urns in allusion to the Great Fire[2]. Restored in 1864 and 1880, it was later deconsecrated and from 2005 to the present it has been the London Centre for Spirituality and the associated bookshop.
[edit] Gallery
 Historic engraving |
 Now a Centre for Spirituality |
 The inside of "Wren's worst church[3]" |
[edit] References
- ^ London Guide
- ^ "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550
- ^ Illustrated London News, week ending Saturday 9th July 1864
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