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but fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in brick in 1706, retaining the north wall of the medieval building. The new church was a plain structure, a single space undivided by pillars or columns, 63 feet (19 m) long and 20 feet (6.1 m) wide, built at a cost of £700. The bells were housed in
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The nuns' chapel became a parish church. Considerable changes were made to the building: all the ancient monuments were removed, a gallery, a new pulpit and pews were installed, and a steeple was built. The first recorded reference to a dedication to the Holy Trinity dates from 1563. Later in the
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in 1906. The former church was used as a parish room until destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. The medieval north wall survived until the clearance of the site in 1956–8.
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at the east end of Holy Trinity, from a photograph published in 1898 shortly before the church closed.
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who arrived with his second wife, Blanche of Artois. The nuns were also known as the
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A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories.
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where it was interred in a vault and eventually buried in the churchyard in 1990.
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in 1554. The head was displayed in a glass case in the vestry, but later went to
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head was found in the under-floor vaults, which was reputed to be that of
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 5: East London
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The parish covered an area previously occupied by the precincts of the
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Collins, F.J. (1961). "Notes on the Church of Holy Trinity Minories".
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Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
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In 1899, the church was closed under the provisions of the
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preached. Until 1730, the church claimed the rights of a
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