(St.) Botolph without Bishopsgate

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

On the west side of Bishopsgate at No. 117 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.


Stow says it stood on the bank of the Town Ditch.

Earliest mention: "Sci Botulfi exa Bissopeg," 1212-13 (Anc. Deeds, A. 1851, 1854).

Partly rebuilt 1617 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 90). Entirely rebuilt, 1728. Architect, Dance.

A Rectory. Patron : the Bishop of London.

Rectory adjoins the church (Strype, ed. 1755, I. 421-2).

There was an anchoress in the cemetery, 1 H. V. 1413 (Cal. P.R. H. V. 1413-15, p. 29).

Strype suggests that the Liberty of Norton Folgate or some portion of it was included in St. Botolph's parish (ed. 1720, I. ii. 94).

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