A view looking west across the ruins of a building, possibly damaged during an air raid in the Second World War, towards the bombed out shell of St Mary the Virgin's Church on Aldermanbury

Date:: 19 Apr 1962

Location:: St Mary The Virgin's Church, Aldermanbury, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, EC2V

Reference:: AA039906

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The original St Mary's Church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the church subsequently rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. This is turn was gutted during an air raid on 29th December 1940 and the ruins of the church were later transferred to Westminster College in Missouri, U.S.A. The footings of the former church were then turned into a public garden on Aldermanbury.

Content

This is part of the Series: PEW01/01 Phillip Edmund Wills Street Collection, Negatives; within the Collection: PEW01 Phillip Edmund Wills Street Collection

Rights

People & Organisations

Architect: Wren, Christopher

Photographer: Street, Philip Edmund Wills

Keywords

Stuart Church, Derelict Or Ruin