The Bells of the City of London
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Love's
Guide to The Bells of the City of London |
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St Mildred Bread St, Bread St
 Photo: ASCY archive
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History |
| 1552 | Record of 4 bells and a sanctus. [1] | ||
| 1666 | The church and bells were destroyed in the Great Fire. | ||
| 1673 | A bell was cast by Anthony Bartlett. | ||
| 1681 | The church was rebuilt by Wren upon the old foundations. The tower on the south side was attached to the church by a short lobby. It was of 4 stages divided by brick bands, and surmounted by a timber spire covered with lead and consisting of a concave base, a square lantern with pilasters at angles, rectangular louvred openings in each face and a spire in the form of an obelisk with four ball ornaments at the base and a ball with vane at the top. It was 140 ft high. | ||
| 1708 | Record of 1 bell. | ||
| 1824 | Record of 2 bells, although this is in doubt. | ||
| 1898 | The church was reopened on 27 Oct. | ||
| 1941 | The church was destroyed during a bombing raid. | ||
| 1954 | The parish was united with that of St Mary le Bow and the site was sold. |
| [1] | Foure bells and A saunce Bell (Edwardian Inventory, 1552) |
Pictures of the church |
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The church can be seen in this cover of a book. It is the black tower towards the right of the picture. Photo: David Cawley's collection |
| Love's Guide to the Church Bells of the City of London | Page updated: 13 October 2019 |