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Key Image St Alphage London Wall
London Wall
EC2Y London (City of London)
United Kingdom
Denomination: (in ruins)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.51768° N, 0.09216° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1350
Description: Ruin of a medieval church
Name derivation: From St Alphage (archbishop of Canterbury, 11th cent.) and its location on London Wall
History:
14th cent.:   Built as a priory church for the Elsing Spital for the blind
1777:   Completion of a two-year restoration by William Hillyer
1924:   Demolition of the church (except for the remains of the crossing tower and the north transept visible today)
Important persons:
Patron:  Ælfheah of Canterbury (953–1012, archbishop of Canterbury, martyr (also called Alphage, Alphege, Elphege, Godwine))
Sources
Bradley, Simon, Nikolaus Pevsner: London: The City Churches, Yale University Press, New Haven/London 2002, p. 55
Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, p. 103
Wikipedia: Eintrag „St Alphege London Wall“, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Alphege_London_Wall, retrieved 17/10/2017
Wikipedia: Eintrag „Ælfheah of Canterbury“, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælfheah_of_Canterbury, retrieved 17/10/2017
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