St Martin Vintry
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Demolished1666

St Martin Vintry was a parish church in the Vintry ward of the City of London, England. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and never rebuilt.[1]

History

The church stood at what is now the junction of Queen Street and Upper Thames Street, just north of Southwark Bridge.[2] It was rebuilt in 1306, the choir at the cost of Queen Margaret. The Vintners' Company had an altar in the church dedicated to St Martin, who was their patron saint.[3]

St Martin Vintry was one of 86 parish churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London. 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 St Martin Vintry was not among them.[5] Instead its parish was united with that of St Michael Paternoster Royal.

References

  1. ^ The London Encyclopaedia Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) ISBN 978-1405049245
  2. ^ Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations Pearce, C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909
  3. ^ White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. London. pp. 110–111.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Wren Whinney, M. London Thames & Hudson, 1971. ISBN 0500201129.
  5. ^ The City of London Churches Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659

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51°30′39″N 0°05′34″W / 51.5109°N 0.0928°W / 51.5109; -0.0928

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