Guildhall Chapel
Agas MapList variant names and spellingsCapella de Gealda | Capelle Gildaule | Chapel of S. Mary de Gyhalle | Chapel of St. Mary adjoining the Guildhall | Chapel of la Gyhalle | Chapel of the Blessed Mary of the Pui | Chapel of the Guyhalde | Colledge of Guild Hall | Guild hall Colledge | Guild-hall | Guildhall Chapel | le Yeldehall chappell
After the original Guildhall Chapel, which was built around 1290, became
small and ruinousin the reign of Henry VI, it was rebuilt from 1435-55 (Carlin and Belcher 76). Henry Harben notes that the chapel was
only partly destroyed in the Fire of 1666, and was of the Gothic order of a nave and aisles, the upper windows being restored in the Tuscan style(Harben 396). Other names for the location, according to Harben, are
Chapel of the Blessed Mary of the Pui,
Capelle Gildaule,
Chapel of S. Mary de Gyhalle,
Chapel of St. Mary adjoining the Guildhall,
Capella de Gealda,
Chapel of la Gyhalle,
Chapel of the Guyhalde,
Guildhall Chapel,and
le Yeldehall chappell(395).
References
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Citation
Carlin, Martha, and Victor Belcher.Gazetteer to the c.1270 and c.1520 Maps with Historical Notes.
The British Atlas of Historic Towns. Vol. 3. The City of London From Prehistoric Times to c.1520. Ed. Mary D. Lobel and W.H. Johns. Oxford: Oxford UP in conjunction with The Historic Towns Trust, 1989. Print. [Also available online at British Historic Towns Atlas. Gazetteer part 1. Gazetteer part 2. Gazetteer part 3.]This item is cited in the following documents:
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Citation
Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918.This item is cited in the following documents:
