259:
45:
329:
582:
274:
to examine the fabric of the church. He found that the church was in need of substantial repairs and recommended that the most economical course of action would be to demolish the whole church except for the tower, and rebuild it to a Gothic design of his own. Before any such plans could be carried
245:
A row of shops, built against the south wall, stood between the church and
Fenchurch street. A City of London commemorative plaque noting the year of demolition is attached to the wall of the buildings that now occupy the former site of St Dionis Backchurch, opposite number
315:
in 1724 – was removed first to St Mark's, East
Walworth where the case was left after the organ itself was again removed to Darenth Training Colony, Dartford, Kent. The pipework was later incorporated into the Mander organ at
1376:
207:. The ceiling of the nave was arched, and pierced with circular windows under groin vaulted openings, while the aisle ceilings were horizontal. There was a west gallery with an organ.
395:
222:
which had been removed by the nineteenth century. The church was built mostly of stone, with some brick which was later stuccoed. The east end of the church, in Lime Street, had a
165:. It was in existence by the year 1288, when Reginald de Standen was recorded as being the rector. In 1466 the Alderman John Darby had an aisle added, in which he was buried.
627:
247:
1381:
1371:
289:
The church had a peal of ten bells, cast between 1726 and 1750. They were transferred to All
Hallows Lombard Street when St Dionis was demolished.
1332:
258:
521:
219:
620:
390:
1386:
613:
296:
was built with the proceeds of the sale of the site of the City church, and its font and pulpit survive there. The burials were
636:
161:. The name Backchurch could have come from its standing behind other buildings, or from its position relative to the church of
566:
286:
While surveying the church, Street discovered that a fifteenth-century crypt had survived under the chancel of Wren's church.
234:. In 1724 the church received a new three manual organ with 29 stops, large for its day, which cost £749. It was designed by
586:
17:
1135:
1225:
1130:
837:
1011:
311:, the organ at St Dionis – a fine instrument by all accounts and the last to be built by the famous organ builder
275:
out, however, the vestry decided that the church was no longer needed. In 1878 the parish was merged with that of
927:
1245:
1190:
971:
742:
717:
702:
1278:
345:
1273:
1165:
852:
827:
747:
1115:
907:
667:
280:
1283:
1125:
956:
737:
707:
672:
357:
276:
1268:
1235:
1051:
1026:
951:
752:
293:
1298:
1288:
1056:
1041:
1016:
986:
892:
692:
652:
426:
The
Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis
1263:
1155:
1110:
712:
697:
677:
657:
301:
158:
1230:
1205:
1080:
1036:
996:
966:
912:
902:
847:
842:
832:
732:
369:
76:
1308:
1150:
1090:
1031:
961:
897:
862:
757:
340:
317:
1313:
1210:
1145:
1120:
1085:
1021:
1006:
1001:
981:
887:
822:
777:
772:
727:
722:
687:
682:
365:
361:
271:
185:
173:
162:
142:
110:
8:
1240:
1046:
857:
782:
662:
105:
192:
in 1674 at a cost of £5,737. A tower, also to Wren's design, was added ten years later.
1293:
1185:
1100:
802:
787:
1303:
1220:
1215:
1160:
1105:
1095:
797:
767:
762:
378:
374:
353:
593:
1318:
1200:
1195:
1175:
1170:
922:
807:
792:
349:
189:
146:
98:
1140:
917:
812:
605:
490:
424:
465:
The
History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent
1180:
817:
312:
239:
235:
211:
138:
69:
1365:
1347:
1334:
976:
867:
373:– usually shortened to "St Edmund & St Mary Woolnoth". It is part of the
333:
200:
130:
44:
328:
204:
238:
and approved by a number of experts including George
Frederick Handel.
297:
262:
St Dionis
Backchurch reburials monument at the City of London Cemetery
195:
Wren's church was 66 feet long and 59 feet wide. It was divided into
134:
93:
1377:
Churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London but since demolished
227:
223:
169:
81:
396:
List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished
176:
and later passed to the dean and chapter of
Canterbury Cathedral.
231:
215:
581:
267:
59:
542:
599:
196:
292:
A parish mark can be seen in
Philpot Lane. The church of
477:
Elmes, James. Topographical
Dictionary of London, p.164
172:
of the church once belonged to the prior and canons of
467:. Vol. 3. London: George Virtue. pp. 99–100.
307:
According to the account in William Leslie Sumner's
635:
422:
179:
519:
210:The bell tower was divided into three storeys by
1363:
602:– Website of the current church at Parsons Green
557:, (London 1952, 4th edition, 1973), pp. 155–156
141:. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt after the
621:
242:was later to be appointed organist in 1749.
1382:Christopher Wren church buildings in London
1372:Buildings and structures demolished in 1878
462:
391:List of Christopher Wren churches in London
628:
614:
495:The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal
339:The parish now forms part of the combined
43:
157:The church of St Dionis was dedicated to
418:
416:
414:
412:
410:
327:
257:
447:
188:in 1666, and rebuilt to the designs of
14:
1364:
463:Allen, Thomas; Wright, Thomas (1839).
320:, Foster Lane, in the City of London.
609:
423:Godwin, George; John Britton (1839).
407:
1136:St John the Evangelist Friday Street
520:Christopher Howse (13 August 2010).
485:
483:
456:
441:
24:
25:
1398:
1387:1878 disestablishments in England
1131:St John the Baptist upon Walbrook
1012:St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
575:
522:"Wren's tall tower in Twickenham"
480:
230:with a large window below carved
580:
569:St Edmund & St Mary Woolnoth
184:The church was destroyed in the
152:
350:St Mary Woolnoth Lombard Street
226:and two pairs of coupled Ionic
180:Rebuilding after the Great Fire
972:St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange
718:St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
637:Churches in the City of London
596:– engraving of the 1674 church
560:
547:
536:
513:
471:
323:
13:
1:
1279:Hospital of St Thomas of Acre
828:St Michael, Paternoster Royal
401:
346:St Edmund the King and Martyr
253:
1274:Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate
1191:St Mary Magdalen Milk Street
1166:St Margaret, New Fish Street
908:St Augustine, Watling Street
853:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
332:The modern reincarnation in
27:Former church-site in London
7:
668:Dutch Church, Austin Friars
384:
368:, St Dionis Backchurch and
283:and the church demolished.
281:Union of Benefices Act 1860
10:
1403:
957:All Hallows Lombard Street
743:St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate
738:St Edmund, King and Martyr
358:All Hallows Lombard Street
277:All Hallows Lombard Street
1269:Holy Trinity Gough Square
1254:
1065:
1052:St Stephen Coleman Street
936:
893:Christ Church, Greyfriars
876:
673:St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
643:
294:St. Dionis, Parsons Green
214:. At the top was an open
116:
104:
92:
87:
75:
65:
55:
51:
42:
37:
32:Church in London, England
1289:St Audoen within Newgate
1116:St Faith under St Paul's
1057:St Swithin, London Stone
1042:St Mildred, Bread Street
1027:St Michael, Crooked Lane
1017:St Matthew Friday Street
987:St Christopher le Stocks
952:All Hallows Bread Street
693:St Bartholomew-the-Great
653:All Hallows-by-the-Tower
174:Christchurch, Canterbury
149:and demolished in 1878.
1284:Old St Paul's Cathedral
1264:College of Minor Canons
1226:St Olave, Silver Street
1156:St Leonard, Foster Lane
1126:St Gregory by St Paul's
1111:St Botolph Billingsgate
833:St Nicholas, Cole Abbey
698:St Bartholomew-the-Less
658:All Hallows-on-the-Wall
600:St Dionis Parsons Green
553:William Leslie Sumner,
524:. London: The Telegraph
491:"St. Dionis Backchurch"
302:City of London Cemetery
159:Dionysus the Areopagite
1236:St Peter, Paul's Wharf
1231:St Pancras, Soper Lane
1206:St Mary Woolchurch Haw
1081:All Hallows Honey Lane
1037:St Michael Wood Street
997:St George Botolph Lane
967:St Antholin, Budge Row
913:St Dunstan-in-the-East
903:St Alphage London Wall
863:St Vedast alias Foster
848:St Peter upon Cornhill
758:St James, Garlickhythe
733:St Dunstan-in-the-West
723:St Bride, Fleet Street
708:St Botolph, Aldersgate
703:St Benet, Paul's Wharf
543:Modern church web site
370:St Mary Woolchurch Haw
336:
318:St Vedast alias Foster
263:
1299:St James Duke's Place
1246:St Thomas the Apostle
1151:St Leonard, Eastcheap
1091:Holy Trinity the Less
1032:St Michael Queenhithe
962:All-Hallows-the-Great
898:St Alban, Wood Street
838:St Olave, Hart Street
753:St Helen, Bishopsgate
748:St Giles, Cripplegate
728:St Clement, Eastcheap
594:www.oldlondonmaps.com
589:at Wikimedia Commons
331:
261:
18:St. Dionis Backchurch
1348:51.51194°N 0.08389°W
1314:St Nicholas Shambles
1211:St Michael-le-Querne
1146:St Laurence Pountney
1121:St Gabriel Fenchurch
1086:All-Hallows-the-Less
1022:St Michael Bassishaw
1007:St Mary Aldermanbury
1002:St Katherine Coleman
992:St Dionis Backchurch
982:St Benet Gracechurch
888:All Hallows Staining
823:St Michael, Cornhill
778:St Margaret Lothbury
773:St Magnus the Martyr
688:St Anne and St Agnes
683:St Andrew Undershaft
587:St Dionis Backchurch
366:St Leonard Eastcheap
362:St Benet Gracechurch
272:George Edmund Street
270:asked the architect
186:Great Fire of London
163:St Gabriel Fenchurch
143:Great Fire of London
127:St Dionis Backchurch
38:St Dionis Backchurch
1344: /
1241:St Peter, Westcheap
1047:St Mildred, Poultry
928:St Olave, Old Jewry
858:St Stephen Walbrook
843:St Paul's Cathedral
783:St Margaret Pattens
713:St Botolph, Aldgate
448:Jeffrey, W (1824).
1353:51.51194; -0.08389
1294:St Augustine Papey
1186:St Mary Colechurch
1101:St Ann Blackfriars
803:St Mary Moorfields
788:St Martin, Ludgate
678:St Andrew, Holborn
337:
264:
248:24 Lime Street EC3
145:to the designs of
1327:
1326:
1304:St Martin Outwich
1221:St Nicholas Olave
1216:St Nicholas Acons
1161:St Margaret Moses
1106:St Benet Sherehog
1096:St Andrew Hubbard
798:St Mary Aldermary
768:St Lawrence Jewry
763:St Katharine Cree
585:Media related to
567:Diocese of London
429:. London: C. Tilt
379:Diocese of London
375:Church of England
354:St Nicholas Acons
124:
123:
16:(Redirected from
1394:
1359:
1358:
1356:
1355:
1354:
1349:
1345:
1342:
1341:
1340:
1337:
1319:St Peter le Poer
1201:St Mary Staining
1196:St Mary Mounthaw
1176:St Martin Vintry
1171:St Martin Pomary
923:St Mary Somerset
808:St Mary Woolnoth
793:St Mary Abchurch
630:
623:
616:
607:
606:
584:
570:
564:
558:
551:
545:
540:
534:
533:
531:
529:
517:
511:
510:
508:
506:
487:
478:
475:
469:
468:
460:
454:
453:
445:
439:
438:
436:
434:
420:
190:Christopher Wren
147:Christopher Wren
99:Christopher Wren
47:
35:
34:
21:
1402:
1401:
1397:
1396:
1395:
1393:
1392:
1391:
1362:
1361:
1352:
1350:
1346:
1343:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1331:
1330:
1328:
1323:
1256:
1250:
1141:St John Zachary
1073:
1071:
1069:
1067:
1061:
944:
942:
940:
938:
932:
918:St Martin Orgar
880:
878:
872:
813:St Mary-at-Hill
645:
639:
634:
578:
573:
565:
561:
552:
548:
541:
537:
527:
525:
518:
514:
504:
502:
489:
488:
481:
476:
472:
461:
457:
450:London Parishes
446:
442:
432:
430:
421:
408:
404:
387:
326:
256:
182:
155:
33:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1400:
1390:
1389:
1384:
1379:
1374:
1325:
1324:
1322:
1321:
1316:
1311:
1306:
1301:
1296:
1291:
1286:
1281:
1276:
1271:
1266:
1260:
1258:
1252:
1251:
1249:
1248:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1223:
1218:
1213:
1208:
1203:
1198:
1193:
1188:
1183:
1181:St Mary Bothaw
1178:
1173:
1168:
1163:
1158:
1153:
1148:
1143:
1138:
1133:
1128:
1123:
1118:
1113:
1108:
1103:
1098:
1093:
1088:
1083:
1077:
1075:
1070:the Great Fire
1063:
1062:
1060:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1034:
1029:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1004:
999:
994:
989:
984:
979:
974:
969:
964:
959:
954:
948:
946:
941:the Great Fire
934:
933:
931:
930:
925:
920:
915:
910:
905:
900:
895:
890:
884:
882:
879:which only the
874:
873:
871:
870:
865:
860:
855:
850:
845:
840:
835:
830:
825:
820:
818:St Mary-le-Bow
815:
810:
805:
800:
795:
790:
785:
780:
775:
770:
765:
760:
755:
750:
745:
740:
735:
730:
725:
720:
715:
710:
705:
700:
695:
690:
685:
680:
675:
670:
665:
660:
655:
649:
647:
641:
640:
633:
632:
625:
618:
610:
604:
603:
597:
577:
576:External links
574:
572:
571:
559:
546:
535:
512:
479:
470:
455:
440:
405:
403:
400:
399:
398:
393:
386:
383:
325:
322:
313:Renatus Harris
255:
252:
240:Charles Burney
236:Renatus Harris
218:, and a small
212:string courses
203:supporting an
199:and aisles by
181:
178:
154:
151:
139:City of London
122:
121:
118:
114:
113:
108:
102:
101:
96:
90:
89:
85:
84:
79:
73:
72:
70:United Kingdom
67:
63:
62:
57:
53:
52:
49:
48:
40:
39:
31:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1399:
1388:
1385:
1383:
1380:
1378:
1375:
1373:
1370:
1369:
1367:
1360:
1357:
1320:
1317:
1315:
1312:
1310:
1307:
1305:
1302:
1300:
1297:
1295:
1292:
1290:
1287:
1285:
1282:
1280:
1277:
1275:
1272:
1270:
1267:
1265:
1262:
1261:
1259:
1253:
1247:
1244:
1242:
1239:
1237:
1234:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1222:
1219:
1217:
1214:
1212:
1209:
1207:
1204:
1202:
1199:
1197:
1194:
1192:
1189:
1187:
1184:
1182:
1179:
1177:
1174:
1172:
1169:
1167:
1164:
1162:
1159:
1157:
1154:
1152:
1149:
1147:
1144:
1142:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1132:
1129:
1127:
1124:
1122:
1119:
1117:
1114:
1112:
1109:
1107:
1104:
1102:
1099:
1097:
1094:
1092:
1089:
1087:
1084:
1082:
1079:
1078:
1076:
1064:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1033:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1008:
1005:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:
980:
978:
977:St Benet Fink
975:
973:
970:
968:
965:
963:
960:
958:
955:
953:
950:
949:
947:
939:rebuilt after
935:
929:
926:
924:
921:
919:
916:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
901:
899:
896:
894:
891:
889:
886:
885:
883:
881:tower remains
875:
869:
868:Temple Church
866:
864:
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
849:
846:
844:
841:
839:
836:
834:
831:
829:
826:
824:
821:
819:
816:
814:
811:
809:
806:
804:
801:
799:
796:
794:
791:
789:
786:
784:
781:
779:
776:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
761:
759:
756:
754:
751:
749:
746:
744:
741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
724:
721:
719:
716:
714:
711:
709:
706:
704:
701:
699:
696:
694:
691:
689:
686:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
664:
661:
659:
656:
654:
651:
650:
648:
642:
638:
631:
626:
624:
619:
617:
612:
611:
608:
601:
598:
595:
592:
591:
590:
588:
583:
568:
563:
556:
550:
544:
539:
523:
516:
500:
496:
492:
486:
484:
474:
466:
459:
451:
444:
428:
427:
419:
417:
415:
413:
411:
406:
397:
394:
392:
389:
388:
382:
380:
376:
372:
371:
367:
363:
359:
355:
351:
347:
342:
335:
334:Parsons Green
330:
321:
319:
314:
310:
305:
303:
299:
295:
290:
287:
284:
282:
278:
273:
269:
266:In 1858, the
260:
251:
249:
243:
241:
237:
233:
229:
225:
221:
217:
213:
208:
206:
202:
201:Ionic columns
198:
193:
191:
187:
177:
175:
171:
166:
164:
160:
153:Early history
150:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
131:parish church
128:
119:
115:
112:
109:
107:
103:
100:
97:
95:
91:
86:
83:
80:
78:
74:
71:
68:
64:
61:
58:
54:
50:
46:
41:
36:
30:
19:
1329:
1255:other former
1068:destroyed in
991:
579:
562:
554:
549:
538:
526:. Retrieved
515:
503:. Retrieved
498:
494:
473:
464:
458:
449:
443:
431:. Retrieved
425:
344:
338:
308:
306:
291:
288:
285:
265:
244:
209:
194:
183:
167:
156:
137:ward of the
126:
125:
94:Architect(s)
88:Architecture
77:Denomination
29:
1351: /
1309:St Mary Axe
877:churches of
663:City Temple
501:: 383. 1858
324:Present day
220:bell turret
205:entablature
1366:Categories
1336:51°30′43″N
945:demolished
402:References
279:under the
254:Demolition
117:Demolished
943:but since
555:The Organ
309:The Organ
298:reinhumed
228:pilasters
170:patronage
135:Langbourn
1257:churches
1066:churches
937:churches
646:churches
433:18 March
385:See also
232:festoons
224:pediment
82:Anglican
56:Location
1339:0°5′2″W
1074:rebuilt
1072:and not
505:23 June
300:at the
216:parapet
133:in the
111:Baroque
66:Country
644:extant
528:19 May
348:, and
341:parish
268:vestry
129:was a
60:London
352:with
106:Style
530:2011
507:2011
435:2012
197:nave
168:The
120:1878
377:'s
343:of
1368::
499:21
497:.
493:.
482:^
409:^
381:.
364:,
360:,
356:,
304:.
250:.
629:e
622:t
615:v
532:.
509:.
452:.
437:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
