St Botolph-without-Aldersgate - Aldersgate Street, London, UK - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

The first church was built during the reign of Edward the Confessor and was a Cluniac priory with attached hospital for the poor. The buildings were located outside the city wall. In the 15th century, Henry V seized the property on the grounds that it was not English and granted it to the parish of St. Botolph, but it again became a religious foundation when one William Bever founded a brotherhood of the Holy Trinity there. Upon the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the church, hospital and lands were granted to one of the king's heralds-at-arms, William Harvye or Somerset, in 1548.

The present church was built 1788-91. Its churchyard. was combined with those of St Leonard, Foster Lane and Christchurch Newgate Street into Postman's Park, and this now contains the 1900s Watts memorial to civilian Londoners who died heroic deaths. A fairly plain exterior is contrasted by an "exalting" succession of beautiful features once inside.

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Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1788 Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Church of England Street address of Church: Aldersgate Street London, United Kingdom Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed

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