Wren's City churches: thirty years to rebuild, two centuries of losses
Of the 45 City churches rebuilt from scratch after the Great Fire, 30 were started in the 1670s, and the 19 I could verify took a median of...
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Wren's City churches
How the churches lost in the Great Fire were rebuilt, how many were lost again, and what is left to visit.
These posts start from a register of 56 churches linked to Christopher Wren, built from an encyclopedia list and checked against Historic England listings, church websites and a catalogue his son published in 1750. Every date and number carries a label for how well it is supported.
The first post looks at the rebuilding after 1666 and the slower losses that followed. The second follows the stone, bells and parishes that moved, then turns what the survivors publish about visiting into a yes/no flow chart for choosing one.
Where Wren's churches went, and which you can still walk into
Three pieces of Wren's City churches now stand somewhere else: a spire top 8.8 km away in Sydenham, a tower 18.4 km away in Twickenham, and a whole...