(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).


The parish extended into Bread Street Ward.

Earliest mention: "St. Mary Magdalene in foro Londoniarum," 1162 (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. 19).

Other names : "St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street," 1203-15 (ib. 18).

Repaired and beautified 1619 and 1633.

Burnt in the Fire 1666 and not rebuilt. Parish united to St. Lawrence Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75 and 90).

A Rectory. Patrons : Canons of St. Paul.

The site was subsequently occupied by Honey Lane Market and the City of London School.

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