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St Margaret Pattens is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on Eastcheap near the Monument. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (753x1453, 265 KB) St Margaret Pattens, a 17th century church in the City of London. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (753x1453, 265 KB) St Margaret Pattens, a 17th century church in the City of London. ...
Plantation Place, and a neighbouring church, St Margaret Pattens. ...
The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
This article is about a small section of central London. ...
Eastcheap is a road in the City of London. ...
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as the Monument, is located in the City of London, near to the northern end of London Bridge close to where the Great Fire of London (1666) started. ...
It was first recorded in 1067, at which time the church was probably built from wood. It was rebuilt in stone at some unknown subsequent date but fell into disrepair and had to be demolished in 1530. It was rebuilt in 1538 but was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The present church was built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1687. It is one of only a few City churches to have escaped significant damage in the Second World War. Events Constantine X emperor of the Byzantine Empire dies. ...
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London, as it appeared from Bankside, Southwark, During the Great Fire - Derived from a Print of the Period by Visscher The Great Fire of London was a major fire that swept through the City of London from September 2nd to September 5th, 1666, and resulted more or less in the...
Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ...
Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller, 1711. ...
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The church's exterior is notable for its 200-ft high spire, Wren's third highest and the only one that he designed in a medieval style. Its interior is a simple rectangle with some unusual fittings - the only canopied pews in London, dating from the 17th century. It also includes a punishment box carved with the Devil's head where wrongdoers had to sit during the church service. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. ...
The church's name is traditionally said to derive from pattens, iron-soled shoes that parishioners would be asked to remove on entering the church. However, it is thought to be more likely that it actually commemorates a benefactor, possibly one Ranulf Patin, a canon at St Paul's Cathedral during the medieval period. St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ...
Since 1954 St Margaret Pattens has been used as a Christian study centre. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ...
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