A view looking south-east across a bomb damaged landscape towards St Giles' Cripplegate Church

Date:
1941 - 1945
Location:
St Giles' Cripplegate, Fore Street, City and County of the City of London, Greater London Authority, EC2Y
Reference:
CXP01/01/080
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

St Giles' Church was badly damaged during the Blitz in 1941 and the immediate area around it was almost completely destroyed by bombing. The church was rebuilt in the 1950s and now stands at the centre of the Barbican Estate.

Content

This is part of the Series: CXP01/01 Charles Prickett Collection: Series Of Negatives; within the Collection: CXP01 Charles Prickett Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Prickett, Charles William

Keywords

Medieval Parish Church, Bomb Damage, Second World War