St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe (London)

United Kingdom / England / London / Queen Victoria Street
 Grade I Listed (UK), anglican church, 17th century construction
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St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is an Anglican church located on Queen Victoria Street, London in the City of London, near Blackfriars station.

First mentioned around 1170, the church was almost certainly founded considerably earlier; during the 13th century the church was a part of Baynard's Castle, an ancient royal residence. In 1361, Edward III moved his Royal Wardrobe (a storehouse for Royal accoutrements, housing arms and clothing among other personal items of the Crown) from the Tower of London to just north of the church. It was from this association that the church acquired its unique name. The Wardrobe and the church, however, were both lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Of the 51 churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Fire, St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is among the simplest of his designs, rebuilt in 1695 but again destroyed by German bombing in the Second World War, with only the tower and walls surviving. It was re-dedicated in 1961.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
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Coordinates:   51°30'44"N   -0°6'4"E

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  • Shakespeare was a parishioner of this church when he was affiliated with the Blackfriars Playhouse.
  • My ancestor, 18th C sugar refiner harman samler is also buried here. his daughter Mary maried Sir john eamer who became Lord Mayor of london in 1801.
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