St Alphage's Church - London Wall, London, UK
N 51° 31.056 W 000° 05.533
30U E 701739 N 5711395
St Alphage's Church was incorporated into the Roman (London) Wall that used to be fortifications around the City.
Waymark Code: WME0DH
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/17/2012
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The remains of the church are clearly visible when travelling along London Wall. London Wall is the name of a street these days so named because it follows the course of the Roman Wall.
The blog site, In the footsteps of Centurions, advises that:
"... there have been two churches here. The other was founded in around 1000 as the Priory Church of the monastery of St Mary-Within-Cripplegate. By 1329 the monastery had fallen into decline and a hospital, Elsing Spital, was established on the site by William Elsing which survived until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. The Priory took over as the Parish Church when St Alphege closed, and was rebuilt numerous times over the centuries until it was mostly demolished in 1923 having been damaged by bombs in the First World War. Now, only three sides and the arched stone windows of a 14th century flint tower remain, looking entirely out of place just off London Wall. The crumbling stonework in which Buddleja bushes are precariously rooted has revealed the steps of a spiral staircase that ascend the tower. The owners of the feet that smoothed away the sandstone treads centuries ago would be dazzled by the scene here now."
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