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The parish church of St. Michael, Cornhill is located on the southern side of Cornhill Ward between Birchin Lane and Gracechurch Street. St. Michael, Cornhill was the parish church of the church has a long musical tradition, and is famous for its excellent acoustics
(Weinreb 799-800).
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Historian and author of
Architect, mathematician, and astronomer.
Sheriff of London
Wife of
Central figure of the Bible.
Apostle of
Architect.
Patron of St. Michael, Cornhill. Husband of
Patron of St. Michael, Cornhill. Wife of
Priest.
The
Cornhill Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward and south of Broad Street Ward. According to corne Market
once held there.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature - thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
Birchin Lane was a short street running north-south between Cornhill Street and Lombard Street. The north end of Birchin Lane lay in Cornhill Ward, and the south end in Langbourne Ward.
Gracechurch Street ran north-south from Cornhill Street near Leadenhall Market to the bridge. At the southern end, it was called
New Fish Street
. North of Cornhill, Gracechurch
continued as Bishopsgate Street, leading through
Bishop’s Gate out of the walled city into the
suburb of Shoreditch.
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The parish church of St. Michael, Cornhill is located on the southern side of Cornhill Ward between Birchin Lane and Gracechurch Street.
St. Michael, Cornhill was the parish church of the church has a long musical tradition, and is famous for its excellent acoustics
(Weinreb 799-800).
The first mention of St. Michael, Cornhill is in
The medieval tower was rebuilt in the best ring
of the six and that it took six men to ring them for harmonye, sweetnes of sound & tune
(Stow 196). Cornhill Ward’s armoury was kept in its steeple (Harben 409).
ugly shapen sight
on the tower of the church on a stormy St. James’ night,raysed and scrat, as if they had been so much butter
, which they attributed to the devil (Stow).
The Great Fire of London in
Today, St. Michael, Cornhill remains under the patronage of the