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]
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| Denomination | Anglican |
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| Demolished | 1666 |
History edit
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 edit
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) ISBN 978-1405049245
- ^ Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations Pearce, C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909
- ^ White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. London. pp. 110–111.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wren Whinney, M. London Thames & Hudson, 1971. ISBN 0500201129.
- ^ The City of London Churches Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
Further reading edit
- Transcripts of parish registers, vol. 61 (St Martin in the Vintry, 1613–1754). Challen, W. H. London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1927.
