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Building    From 1150  To 1871

St Mary Somerset church

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St Mary Somerset church

First recorded in the 12th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire it was rebuilt by Wren. The body was demolished in 1871 and only the tower remains.

2018: A 'screaming' keystone on this building was brought to our attention by City of London guide, Ian McDowell, posting at .

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Mary Somerset church

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St Mary Somerset - Ewan Christian

The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased funct...

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St Mary Somerset - tower

What was in the air in the fifties that made plaque carvers so inventive with...

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St Mary Somerset - Weavers

Wikipedia explains: "According to John Stow, in 1370, the Brabant weaver comm...

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St Mary Somerset - Wren

The church and tower were redesigned and rebuilt under the direction of Sir C...

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Other Subjects

John Thornton

John Thornton

Philanthropist who promoted Christian missionary work.  Died following an accident at Bath.  He is listed on the plaque as a menber of the Clapham Sect but it did not really get going until his dea...

Person, Commerce, Religion

1 memorial
David Hope, Bishop of London

David Hope, Bishop of London

1992  Bishop of London 1991-5. 2005 created a life peer, Baron Hope of Thornes. 2013 caught up in a scandal concerning the 2003 child abuser, Dean of Manchester, Robert Waddington, whom Hope had no...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
St Martin within Ludgate

St Martin within Ludgate

The mediaeval church dates from 1174. Rebuilt in 1437 and then destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by Christopher Wren 1680.

Place, Architecture, Religion

1 memorial
Robert Raikes

Robert Raikes

Promoter of the Sunday School movement. Born and died Gloucester.

Person, Education, Religion

1 memorial
John Williams

John Williams

"Martyred" missionary. Born Tottenham. Trained as a foundry worker and mechanic. In 1817 the London Missionary Society sent him and his wife to the Pacific Islands where they took the good word to ...

Person, Race Issues, Religion, Tragedy, Pacific Islands

1 memorial