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City Churches |
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St Botolphs Bishopsgate |
london-footprints.co.uk | St Helens Bishopsgate |
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A linear
route from Aldgate tube station to Moorgate Station Travelcard zone 1 |
After 1250
AD London was rebuilt within the old Roman walls with
parish churches and monastic establishments. The latter
were largely destroyed at the Reformation of the 1530s. The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed four fifths of the city and many of its churches. Those that were rebuilt in the following years were mostly designed by Sir Christopher Wren. |
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The walk is
1½ miles. All pavement walking |
This walk
covers the section of the city which escaped the Great
Fire. It features churches by a number of architects ranging in date from medieval to post-war. Three of the churches were sited at city gates and three were victims of the IRA bombings of the 1990s. |
[Route & what to see] |
