1820 Settler Places in Britain and Éire - Christ Church, Newgate Street

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The 1820 Settler Correspondence
as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
and edited by Sue Mackay

1820 Settler Places in Britain and Éire

In many cases, particularly in cities like London and Bristol, many buildings with settler ties no longer exist. In such cases I have tried to include historical pictures where possible, and where I have not been able to take pictures myself I have added pictures from www.geograph.co.uk, which can be used under a Creative Commons Licence. Where the photographer’s name appears as a clickable link followed by a CC BY-SA 2.0 reference, the original photo can be viewed together with other photographs of the surrounding area.

The pictures are currently arranged by county for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, with separate sections for the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Nottingham. London has been further sub-divided into Boroughs so as not to have too many pictures in one file. The pictures appear as small icons with a brief title. Clicking on them will reveal a larger picture with text explaining the link to one or more settlers and a credit to the photographer. Clicking on the + sign will further enlarge the picture to full screen (ESCape to exit full screen), and the photographs can all be downloaded from the site.

Christ Church, Newgate Street

London, City of London

29th October 2018

Sue Mackay

Christ Church, Newgate Street, also known as Christ Church Greyfriars, was a church in Newgate Street, opposite St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. Following its destruction in the Great Fire of London of 1666, it was rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. Except for the tower, the church was largely destroyed by bombing during WW2. The ruins are now a public garden. After the Great Fire the church was united with St.Leonard, Foster Lane, which was not rebuilt. Robert BAGSHAW and Ursula COVENTRY married here, as did Alexander KIDWELL and Phebe TUBB, Samuel John MOLLETT and Margaret HOLLIDAY, Charles PENNY and Susannah BAGSHAW, William SARGEANT and Sarah Anne PICKERING and Charles WOOD and Anne PENNY. Three children of Thomas COCK were baptised here.
Photo by Diego Delso. (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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