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St Benet Gracechurch-street

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"ST. BENNET'S, GRASS-CHURCH, or GRACECHURCH, the church of, is situated at the southwest corner of Fenchurch-street and Gracechurch-street, nearly opposite Lombard-street. It derives its name from its dedication to St. Benedict, or Bennet, and its vicinity to the Grass-market, which was anciently held before its western door. The old church was destroyed by the great fire in 1666, and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. . . The Church of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, was also destroyed at the same time, and the present church is now the parochial church of the two united parishes. It is a rectory, the patronage of which appears to have remained in the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's; but as the patronage of the rectory of St. Leonard was anciently in the Priors and Convent of Canterbury, and since the Reformation, in the Dean and Chapter of that see, of which it is one of the thirteen peculiars within the City, the presentation is alternately with St. Paul's and Canterbury. The present rector is the Rev. George Gaskin, D.D. a prebendary of Ely, who was instituted by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's in 1791." [James Elmes. A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (1831) - transcribed by Brian Randell]

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This parish - no. 58 in the above map - is located in Bridge and Bridge Without Ward.
The church was destroyed in 1666, rebuilt by Wren, demolished 1867.
The parish was later united with Allhallows Lombard Street 1864, St Edmund the King and Martyr 1937.

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Archives & Libraries

London Metropolitan Archive holdings for St Benet Gracechurch-street.

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Biography

John Kent at the Three Tuns Taverns - in the Mr Pepys' Small Change website.

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Church Records

Online Parish Register Images and Indexes for St Benet Gracechurch-street parish are provided by, or at various subscription sites via, the LDS FamilySearch wiki.

Non-Church of England denominations identified in St Benet Gracechurch with St Leonard Eastcheap include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational [LDS FamilySearch Wiki].

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Description & Travel

Wikipedia page on St Benet Gracechurch-street.

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Gazetteers

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History

Summary history of St Benet Gracechurch-street parish, from the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks.

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Land & Property

Public Houses, Inns & Taverns of the parish of St Benet Gracechurch-street - provides "information from census records, trade directories, etc."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ330809 (Lat/Lon: 51.511461, -0.085364), St Benet Gracechurch-street which are provided by:

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Names, Personal

Surnames from the 1881 census in the St Benet Gracechurch district.

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Occupations

Clerical career summaries for the parish of (i) St Benet Gracechurch-street and (ii) St Benet Gracechurch With St Leonard Eastcheap, from the Clergy of the Church of England Database website.

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Taxation

Sources for listings of taxpayer names for St Benet Gracechurch-street parish, listed on the LDS FamilySearch wiki.