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The last service was held on 12 May 1840. The removal of the numerous bodies buried in the church and churchyard began the week after, under he supervision of Mr Toplis, of New Bridge Street. Upwards of a thousand bodies were removed with great care and decorum, including that of ecclesiastical
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The earliest surviving reference to the church is in a document of 1225/6. As this was 3½ centuries before the foundation of the Royal Exchange, early references to the church are as “St Bartholomew the Less” or “Little St Bartholomew”, to distinguish it from the priory of
375:“The apathy with which the removal of St Bartholomew’s church will be remembered and felt when perhaps the loss of this church will be found a trifle in comparison with the wholesale destruction to which, ere long, the churches of the metropolis may chance to be destined”. 363:, which had also been rebuilt after the Great Fire of London, burnt down. In order to improve access to the site of the Exchange, the Corporation of London petitioned Parliament for permission to demolish St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange – as well as the neighbouring 331:
above the main entrance. The tower was in the southwest corner and was built of brick, with a parapet on top. In the middle of each side was an open arch supported by ramps. This was either a whimsical design or preparation for a steeple that was never erected.
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Only the west face of the church, on Bartholomew Lane, was exposed. This was three bays wide, the central bay being equal in width to the two outer bays combined. The two outer bays had large round-headed windows, while the central bay had a
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to have a protruding chancel. In addition to the tower, also projecting from the quadrilateral body from the church was a chapel on the south side – on the site of the 1509 Capel chapel and a vestry room on the northeast corner.
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Cockerell also designed the Sun Life Assurance building that was erected on the site of the demolished church. This, in turn, was demolished and the site is now occupied by the
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Since the demolition of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange, 31 City churches have been lost due to demolition or bombing during
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Inside, the church was divided into a nave and two aisles by two rows of eight columns which also supported a
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and proceeds of the sale of the site were used to build St Bartholomew Moor Lane. This church, designed by
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St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was one of 89 churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London. An entry in
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The plan of the new church was irregular as it was built on the foundations of its predecessor.
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A Correct Account of the Exhumation of the Remains of Myles Coverdale
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Churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London but since demolished
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assisted by a sheriff in 1438. In 1509, a south chapel was added by
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List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished
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described the church's interior as “light and graceful”.
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itself, was renamed St Bartholomew the Little, as a
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St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was dedicated to the
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St Bartholomew by the Exchange
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London
United Kingdom
Denomination
Anglican
Architect(s)
Christopher Wren
Style
Baroque
parish
City of London
Bartholomew Lane
Threadneedle Street
Great Fire of London
Sir Christopher Wren
apostle
Armenia
Royal Exchange
St Bartholomew-the-Great
Dissolution of the Monasteries
St Bartholomew's Hospital
parish church
St Bartholomew-the-Less
John Stow

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