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<caption style="text-align:center; font-size:140%;"><i><b>Bow Church</b></i></caption> | |||
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<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#f18c77" style="text-align:center;">A view of Cheapside in 1750, showing St Mary-le-Bow Church</td> | |||
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<th>Official Name</th> | |||
<td>St Mary-le-Bow</td> | |||
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<th>Type of Establishment</th> | |||
<td>Church</td> | |||
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<th>Denomination</th> | |||
<td>Church of England</td> | |||
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<th>Current Incumbent</th> | |||
<td>Simon Bradbury</td> | |||
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<th>Location</th> | |||
<td>Cheapside, City of London</td> | |||
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[[File:St_Mary-le-Bow_Church2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside]] | |||
Built in 1683, St Mary-le-Bow Church, on Cheapside in the City of London, is one of the 52 churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London of 1666. Traditionally, a true Cockney is a person born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow. The mileposts along the road from London to Lewes in Sussex mark the distance from the door of St Mary-le-Bow, rather than Charing Cross as other distances are measured. | Built in 1683, St Mary-le-Bow Church, on Cheapside in the City of London, is one of the 52 churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London of 1666. Traditionally, a true Cockney is a person born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow. The mileposts along the road from London to Lewes in Sussex mark the distance from the door of St Mary-le-Bow, rather than Charing Cross as other distances are measured. | ||
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| Official Name | St Mary-le-Bow |
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| Type of Establishment | Church |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Current Incumbent | Simon Bradbury |
| Location | Cheapside, City of London |
Built in 1683, St Mary-le-Bow Church, on Cheapside in the City of London, is one of the 52 churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London of 1666. Traditionally, a true Cockney is a person born within the sound of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow. The mileposts along the road from London to Lewes in Sussex mark the distance from the door of St Mary-le-Bow, rather than Charing Cross as other distances are measured.
In 1811, the vicar of St Mary-le-Bow Church is Simon Bradbury, the stepfather of Sir Felix Sutcliffe and father of Clara Bradbury.
Sukey Hutchinson and Robert Vickery discussed the architecture of St Mary-le-Bow, among other churches designed by Wren, during a drive from Hyde Park to Miss Hutchinson's home in Gracechurch Street[1]
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