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

Commemorated ati

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

Mrs F. W. Callow

Mrs F. W. Callow

We found a local newspaper article (Islington Gazette - Tuesday 16 June 1903) reporting on the marriage, the previous Saturday, of Florence Minnie, daughter of Joseph Toomer, of Falkland Road, Harr...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Mrs J. W. Humphries
1 memorial
Reverend Ernest Arthur Blackwell Sanders, M.A.

Reverend Ernest Arthur Blackwell Sanders, M.A.

Vicar of St Marks, Dalston in 1898. As rector in Whitechapel he built the St Mary's Clergy House (still there, immediately south of this Whitechapel drinking fountain) in 1894–5, also with Herbert ...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell

Priory of St John-the-Baptist, Holywell

Founded before 1127. Augustinian. Disbanded y Henry VIII c. 1540.

Place, Religion

1 memorial
St Martin Orgar

St Martin Orgar

Largely destroyed in the Great Fire. Then restored and used by French Protestants until 1820. Most of it was then pulled down and what was left was incorporated into St Clement Eastcheap.

Building, Religion

1 memorial