St.Mary Somerset. Destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, it was one of the 51 churches rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. The tower is located in Upper Thames Street, the body of the church being demolished in 1871. It is probable that this was where Sarah WILLS, who emigrated under the name HARVEY with her stepfather Richard HARVEY, was baptised. Her baptism is with the records for St.Mary Mounthaw, another church destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt, being then amalgamated with the parish of St.Mary Somerset. St.Mary Mounthaw was in Old Fish Street, and as Elizabeth WILLS was baptised in St. Mary Magdalene, Fish Street, it is probable the family lived in the Fish Street area.
Photo by Mark C. Grant (Public Domain)