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PB - University of Victoria
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Austin Friars was a church on the west side of Broad Street in Broad
Street Ward. It was formerly part of the Priory of Augustine Friars, established in 1253. At the dissolution
of the monastery in 1539, the West end [of the church] thereof inclosed from
the steeple, and Quier, was in the yeare 1550. graunted to the Dutch Nation in
London [by
(Stow). The Quier
and side Isles to the Quier adioyning, he reserued to housholde vses, as for
stowage of corne, coale, and other things
(Stow). The church, completely rebuilt in the nineteenth century and
then again mid-way through the twentieth century, still belongs to Dutch
Protestants to this day.
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King of England and Ireland
Broad Street ran north-south from All Hallows, London Wall to Threadneedle Street and to a Pumpe ouer against Saint Bennets church
(Stow). Broad Street, labelled Brode Streat
on the Agas map, was entirely in
Broad Street Ward. The street’s name was a
reference to its width and importance (Harben).
Broad Street Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward. It is named after its principle street, Broad Street.
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
St. Peter le Poor was a parish church on the west
side of Broad Street. It is visible on the Agas
map south of Austin Friars, bearing the number 24.
That it was sometime peraduenture a poore Parish
gave it the name le Poor
(Stow). Its name distinguished it
from the other London churches dedicated to St. Peter. at
this present there be many fayre houses, possessed by rich marchants and other
near the church, suggesting
that the parish was no longer impoverished (Stow).
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Austin Friars was a church on the west side of Broad Street in Broad
Street Ward. It was formerly part of the Priory of Augustine Friars, established in 1253. At the dissolution
of the monastery in 1539, the West end [of the church] thereof inclosed from
the steeple, and Quier, was in the yeare 1550. graunted to the Dutch Nation in
London [by
(Stow). The Quier
and side Isles to the Quier adioyning, he reserued to housholde vses, as for
stowage of corne, coale, and other things
(Stow). The church, completely rebuilt in the nineteenth century and
then again mid-way through the twentieth century, still belongs to Dutch
Protestants to this day.
Austin Friars, formerly the Priory of Augustine Friars, is clearly marked S Augusti
. on the Agas map. The church is the
largest building on the west side of Broad Street
and dwarfs the small church of St. Peter le Poor
at its southeast corner.