The blitzed church in situ in London, 1964The church was rebuilt at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri
St Mary Aldermanbury was a parish church in the City of London first mentioned in 1181[1] and destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.[2] Rebuilt in Portland stone by Christopher Wren,[3] it was again gutted by the Blitz in 1940, leaving only the walls standing. These stones were transported to Fulton, Missouri in 1966, by the residents of that town, and rebuilt in the grounds of Westminster College as a memorial to Winston Churchill.[4] Churchill had made his Sinews of Peace, "Iron Curtain" speech in the Westminster College Gymnasium in 1946.
Inside the rebuilt churchThe rebuilt church
The footprint of the church remains at the junction of London's Aldermanbury and Love Lane, planted with bushes and trees; a memorial plaque has been placed by Westminster College in the footprint. The gardens also house a monument to Henry Condell and John Heminges, key figures in the production of the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays and co-partners with him in the Globe Theatre. Condell and Heminges lived in the St Mary Aldermanbury parish and were buried in its churchyard. This monument is topped with a bust of Shakespeare. The remains of the church were designated a Grade II listed building on 5 June 1972.[5] The monuments are separately listed.[6]
In the 1830s, the notable missionary William Jowett was a lecturer at the church.[7]
^"The Churches of the City of London" Reynolds, H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
^'Cripplegate, one of the 26 Wards of the City of London' Baddesley, J.J p32: London; Blades, East & Blades; 1921
^"The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J Andover, Pikin, 1967 ISBN 0853721122
^"The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) ISBN 978-1405049245
^Historic England, "Footings to former Church of St Mary the Virgin (1359121)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 May 2015
^Historic England, "Monument to John Heminge and Henry Condell in former churchyard of Church of St Mary Aldermanbury (1064772)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 May 2015
^Goodwin, G., revised by H. C. G. Matthew, 'Jowett, William (1787–1855), missionary', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
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