St Peter, Westcheap

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demolished_date = 1666
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St Peter, Westcheap was a former 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 Westcheap [ Sometimes known as “St Peter Cheap” “The London City Churches”, Norman,P.: London, The London Society, 1929] at the south west corner of Wood Street in Farringdon Within Ward [Parts of the parish were also in Bread Streetand Cripplegate Wards 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 the 15th Century [”Vanished Churches of the City of London” Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424] Queen Elizabeth 1 was presented with a Bible as she passed the church door in 1559 [ “The City of London-a history” Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] Following the fire it was united to St Matthew Friday Street. [ “The Register of St. Matthew, Friday Street, London, 1538-1812, and the United Parishes of St. Matthew & St. Peter Cheap, Marriages, 1754-1812.” Bannerman,A.M.B: London, Harleian Society, 1933 ] Partial records still survive at IGI. [ [http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/city-ch.html Genealogical Web-Site] ] .

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