St Mary Staining
| St. Mary Staining | |
|---|---|
 Photo of the current site | |
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| Location | Oat Lane,City of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Architecture | |
| Years built | 10th century |
| Demolished | 1666 |
St. Mary Stainingwas a parish church in Oat Lane,[1]northeast ofSt. Paul's Cathedral,in theCity of London.First recorded in the 12th century, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.
History[edit]
The first reference to it is to "Ecclesia de Staningehage"in 1189, probably deriving from a family fromStainesholding land in the area of the church.[2]It was destroyed in theGreat Fire of Londonin 1666 and not rebuilt.[3]Its parish was united toSt. Michael Wood Streetin 1670,[4]and later toSt. Alban Wood Streetin 1894, and finallySt. Vedast Foster Lanein 1954.
Nikolaus Pevsnerfound a "few battered tombstones" in nearby Oat Lane.[5]Since 1965 its site has been aCity of London Corporationgarden, containing a historic tree; an adjacent office block was built semi-circular so as not to damage it.
Notes[edit]
- ^"London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998ISBN0-300-09655-0
- ^Gordon Huelin in his "Vanished Churches of the City of London" (London, Guildhall Library Publishing,1996ISBN0-900422-42-4) gives two further possibilities: that it was named after the painter stainers who lived in the area inmedievaltimes or that the name derives From theSaxonword for "stone".
- ^Cobb, G. (1942).The Old Churches of London.London: Batsford.
- ^Hibbert,C; Weinreb,D; Keay,J (2008) [1983].The London Encyclopaedia(Revised ed.). London: Pan Macmillan.ISBN978-1-4050-4924-5.
- ^Pevsner, Nikolaus; Bradley, Simon (1998).London:the City Churche.New Haven: Yale.ISBN0-300-09655-0.
External links[edit]
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