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St. Bartholomew the Less, formerly the chapel of Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, was refounded as a parish church in
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St. Bartholomew the Less was located in West Smithfield, on the south east side of the open field. Prockter and Taylor identify it with the church marked 32
on the map (Prockter 47). It was built and still stands inside the grounds the St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (colloquially known as
Before the Dissolution, the church was the chapel of Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, located on the precinct of the hospital. In
The chapell wythin Bartholomew Spitell(qtd. in Harben). The function and name of the chapel was changed by royal order in
St. Bartholomew the Little(qtd. in Harben).
Littlewas a disambiguator that distinguished the new parish church from the nearby St. Bartholomew the Great.
Literary figures buried in this church include
Being outside the city walls, the church was not damaged in the Great Fire. It is one of the few churches in London where one can still view medieval bells in a late medieval bell tower. To visit St. Bartholomew the Less today, enter the grounds of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital through the main entrance (the
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