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St. Vedast Foster Lane
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LocationLondon, EC2
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Architect(s)Sir Christopher Wren
StyleBaroque
Administration
DioceseLondon
Clergy
RectorRevd Paul Kennedy
Curate(s)Revd Robert Pfeiffer

Saint Vedast Foster Lane or Saint Vedast-alias-Foster, a church in Foster Lane, in the City of London, is dedicated to St. Vedast (Foster is an Anglicisation of the name "Vaast", as the saint is known in continental Europe),[1] a French saint whose cult arrived in England through contacts with Augustinian clergy.

  1. ^ Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1893). Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error". London: Elliot Stock. pp. 13–15.

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partnership with Francis Crump, his former apprentice. He was buried from St Vedast Foster Lane. "Koopman Rare Art". "An Historic and Nostalgic Festive Trail Round...

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Brook Deedes

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at Hawkhurst from 1897 to 1900; Hampstead from 1900 to 1912; and St Vedast, Foster Lane from 1912 to 1920. He was also the inaugural Archdeacon of Hampstead...

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Edward Strong the Elder

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Anthony Earbury

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Public Worship Regulation Act 1874

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Dorcas Martin

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daughter of Robert Brandon, Chamberlain of London, on 23 May 1586 at St Vedast, Foster Lane. John Martin became a Councilman of the Jamestown Colony of Virginia...

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Stephen Dykes Bower

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