Building    From 1150  To 1871

St Mary Somerset church

Categories: Religion

First recorded in the 12th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire it was rebuilt by Wren. The body was demolished in 1871 and only the tower remains.

2018: A 'screaming' keystone on this building was brought to our attention by City of London guide, Ian McDowell, posting at Londonist.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Mary Somerset church

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St Mary Somerset - Ewan Christian

The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased funct...

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St Mary Somerset - tower

What was in the air in the fifties that made plaque carvers so inventive with...

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St Mary Somerset - Weavers

Wikipedia explains: "According to John Stow, in 1370, the Brabant weaver comm...

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St Mary Somerset - Wren

The church and tower were redesigned and rebuilt under the direction of Sir C...

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Other Subjects

Stratford Martyrs

Stratford Martyrs

The church website has done a very thorough job on the history not just of the memorial but the church and the area so we quote them here on the background to the martyrs: "In 1553 Queen Mary Tudor...

Group, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
Saint Vincent Pallotti

Saint Vincent Pallotti

Priest.  Born Rome.  Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, the Pallottine Fathers.  Canonized in 1963.  He suggested that St Peter’s should be built but we ar...

Person, Religion, Italy

1 memorial
Charles John Vaughan

Charles John Vaughan

Headmaster of Harrow School 1845 – 59. Born Leicester, son of a vicar. Educated Rugby and Cambridge, became a vicar and was then elected headmaster of Harrow. Resigned that post and went on to be: ...

Person, Education, Gender Issues, Religion

1 memorial
St Mary Bothaw

St Mary Bothaw

'Bothaw' derived from 'boathouse', which makes sense when you remember that before the Embankment was built the Thames used be be a lot closer.  In existence by 1279, it was destroyed in the Great ...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
St Nicholas Acons parsonage

St Nicholas Acons parsonage

The church, dating back to the 9th century, was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. The parsonage survived until at least 1762.

Building, Religion

1 memorial