Parish Boundary Markers - Gracechurch Street (West Side), London, UK
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A pair of parish boundary markers mounted on the wall of 33 Gracechurch Street in the City of London, marking the historic boundary between All Hallows Lombard Street and St Benet Gracechurch.
Waymark Code: WM13N8M
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/13/2021
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Two apparently original parish boundary markers are set at first floor level on the 1980s office building at 33 Gracechurch Street.
To the north (the right as you look) is a blue-coloured, oval-shaped marker. Embossed letters read ‘1883 - ALH - 1’. This can be interpreted as being number 1 in a series of boundary markers for the parish of All Hallows Lombard Street, placed at this location in 1883. The church of All Hallows was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 but was demolished in 1937 and the parish united with that of St Edmund the King & Martyr.
To the south (the left as you look) is a blue-coloured, shield-shaped marker. Embossed letters read ‘1885 - SBG - 9’. This then is marker number 9 in a series of boundary markers for the parish of St Benet Gracechurch, set at this location in 1885. St Benet’s church was demolished in around 1867, a victim of road widening, so it is interesting to see that its redundant parish boundary continued to be marked in this way in 1885 and still is today.
Both of the parishes marked here now form part of the modern parish of St Edmund and St Mary Woolnoth, so this pair of markers no longer mark an extant parish boundary.
Type of survey mark: Metal plaque.
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
These markers are at first floor level, just north of the junction of Gracechurch Street and Lombard Court.
What property is this mark defining?:
These two plaques mark the historic boundary between the parishes of All Hallows Lombard Street and St Benet Gracechurch.
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