Church first recorded in a document of 1196. Destroyed in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren (or his colleagues, at least) and, found to be unsafe, demolished in 1900.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Michaels Bassishaw
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St Michaels Bassishaw
Site of St Michael Bassishaw, demolished 1900. The Corporation of the City of...
Other Subjects
Queen Anne's Bounty
Following the Reformation the taxes on church livings, which used to be paid to the Pope, went to the Crown. In 1704, during Queen Anne's reign, a scheme was implemented that used some of these fun...
1 memorial
St Margaret Pattens
The church gets its name from the pattens (clog-like shoes) made and sold in the lane beside the church. An early building was pulled down and reconstructed in 1538. After the Great Fire it was aga...
2 memorials
Roger Bacon
Philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born Somerset.  An early proponent of the modern scientific method.  He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.
1 memorial
Whitfield Tabernacle and cemetery
Planetslade have a thorough and well-written history of the Whitefield chapel and its burial grounds. In brief: Funded by his patron the Countess of Huntingdon (see Lady Erskine for more about her)...
1 memorial
St Mary’s church, Greenwich
One of architect George Basevi's early commissions - he was brought up in Greenwich. Demolished in 1935.  To us the tower seems out of proportion to the pedimented portico. Â
1 memorial
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