St Michael Wood Street

St. Michael Wood Street

Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Architecture
Architect(s)	Christopher Wren
Style	Baroque

Described by Stow (1598) as a “proper thing”, St Michael’s Wood Street in Cripplegate Ward was the hurried burial site for the head of King James IV of Scotland^[1] (Huelin, 1996). First mentioned in 1225 (Harben,1919)^[2] the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (Reynolds, 1922) and rebuilt after some pressure (Hallows, 1974) by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673 (Whinney,1971). The organ was built by Thomas Elliot in 1800 (Pearce, 1909).^[3] In 1854 the declining residential population led to proposals to reduce the number of churches within the “Square Mile” (Times, 1854)- a decision the church's vicar had himself proposed (Hume,1853). The church was eventually demolished under the auspices of the Union of Benefices Act (Hibbert) in 1897 (Cobb) and many bodies were disinterred from the churchyard and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery (Clarke). It was then united with St Alban Wood Street (Norman,1902) and after the destruction of that church in World War II, St Vedast Foster Lane (Betjeman, 1972).

The church was on the west side of Wood Street, initially with a frontage on Huggin Lane but later on Wood Street itself.

The site has undergone several redevelopments and, as of 2013, is occupied by a pub called The Red Herring.^[1]

Bibliography

Betjeman, J: The City of London Churches (Andover, Pitkin, 1972) ISBN 0-85372-112-2
Clarke,J.M: The Brookwood Necropolis Railway (Oasdale, Usk, 2006) ISBN 978-0-85361-655-9
Cobb,G: The Old Churches of London (London, Batsford, 1942)
Church of England, Parish of St. Michael Wood Street. - Assessment of the annual tithes of the joint parishes of St. Michael Wood St, 1671. - M0014588CL cited in City of London Parish Registers Guide 4 Hallows,A.(Ed): (London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974) ISBN 0-900422-30-0
Harben, H.A: A Dictionary of London, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1922
Huelin, G.: Vanished churches of the City of London” London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996ISBN 0900422424
Hume, C Proposal for supplying the Suburbs of London with some of the Churches not required in the City. (London, 1853)
Norman, P: On the destroyed church of St. Michael Wood street in the city of London (London, The Society, 1902)
Pearce, C.W. Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations (London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909)
Stow, J A A Survey of London (W.Thoms,Ed): (London, A Whittaker & Co, 1842- rev of 1598)
Proposed Removal Of Thirty City Churches in The Times, Wednesday 4 January 1854; pg. 5; Issue 21629; col F
Whinney, M: Wren (London Thames & Hudson, 1971) ISBN 0-500-20112-9
Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J The London Encyclopaedia (London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5)

Ministers of the church

John Ive, fl 1399 ^[4]

References

1 2 Dr. Tony Pollard (8 September 2013). "The sad tale of James IV's body". BBC News Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
↑ As St. Michael de Wudestrate
↑ He notes that the most noted organist was Dr Henry Hiles
↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/555. year 1399 (first term of Henry IV); http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/bCP40no555dorses/IMG_0304.htm; 4th entry, county margination "london"; John Ive, parson, as plaintiff

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Churches in the City of London

Existing churches	All Hallows-by-the-Tower All Hallows-on-the-Wall City Temple Dutch Church, Austin Friars St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe St Andrew, Holborn St Andrew Undershaft St Anne and St Agnes St Bartholomew-the-Great St Bartholomew-the-Less St Benet, Paul's Wharf St Botolph, Aldersgate St Botolph, Aldgate St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate St Bride, Fleet Street St Clement, Eastcheap St Dunstan-in-the-West St Edmund, King and Martyr St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate St Giles, Cripplegate St Helen, Bishopsgate St James, Garlickhythe St Katharine Cree St Lawrence Jewry St Magnus the Martyr St Margaret Lothbury St Margaret Pattens St Martin, Ludgate St Mary Abchurch St Mary Aldermary St Mary Moorfields St Mary Woolnoth St Mary-at-Hill St Mary-le-Bow St Michael, Cornhill St Michael, Paternoster Royal St Nicholas, Cole Abbey St Olave, Hart Street St Paul's Cathedral St Peter upon Cornhill St Sepulchre-without-Newgate St Stephen Walbrook St Vedast alias Foster Temple Church

Churches of which only the tower remains	All Hallows, Staining Christ Church, Greyfriars St Alban, Wood Street St Alphage London Wall St Augustine, Watling Street St Dunstan-in-the-East St Martin Orgar St Mary Somerset St Olave, Old Jewry

Churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished	All Hallows Bread Street All Hallows Lombard Street All-Hallows-the-Great St Antholin, Budge Row St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange St Benet Fink St Benet Gracechurch St Christopher le Stocks St Dionis Backchurch St George Botolph Lane St Katherine Coleman St Mary Aldermanbury St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street St Matthew Friday Street St Michael Bassishaw St Michael, Crooked Lane St Michael Queenhithe St Michael-le-Querne St Michael Wood Street St Mildred, Bread Street St Mildred, Poultry St Stephen Coleman Street St Swithin, London Stone

Churches destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt	All Hallows Honey Lane All-Hallows-the-Less Holy Trinity the Less St Andrew Hubbard St Ann Blackfriars St Benet Sherehog St Botolph Billingsgate St Faith under St Paul's St Gabriel Fenchurch St Gregory by St Paul's St John the Baptist upon Walbrook St John the Evangelist Friday Street St John Zachary St Laurence Pountney St Leonard, Eastcheap St Leonard, Foster Lane St Margaret Moses St Margaret, New Fish Street St Martin Pomary St Martin Vintry St Mary Bothaw St Mary Colechurch St Mary Magdalen Milk Street St Mary Mounthaw St Mary Staining St Mary Woolchurch Haw St Michael-le-Querne St Nicholas Acons St Nicholas Olave St Olave, Silver Street St Pancras, Soper Lane St Peter, Paul's Wharf St Peter, Westcheap St Thomas the Apostle

Other former churches	College of Minor Canons Holy Trinity Gough Square Hospital of St Thomas of Acre Old St Paul's Cathedral St Audoen within Newgate St Augustine Papey St James Duke's Place St Martin Outwich St Mary Axe St Nicholas Shambles St Peter le Poer

Coordinates: 51°30′56″N 0°5′41.5″W / 51.51556°N 0.094861°W / 51.51556; -0.094861

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St Michael Wood Street

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Ministers of the church

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