List of demolished churches in the City of London

This is a list of churches in the City of London which were rebuilt after the Great Fire of London (or in a later date) but have been demolished since then. All were designed by Sir Christopher Wren except All Hallows Staining, Holy Trinity Gough Square, St Alphege London Wall, St James Duke's Place, St Katherine Coleman, St Martin Outwich, St Peter le Poer and the non-Anglican churches and chapels.

Sometimes there is still some sign that a place of worship was once there. Parish register details were often transferred to the subsuming parish.

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Completely demolished

Church name	Location	Rebuilt	Date of demolition	Subsuming parish
All Hallows Bread Street	Bread Street	1681-98	1878	St Mary-le-Bow
All Hallows Lombard Street	Lombard Street	1686-94	1939^[1]	St Edmund the King and Martyr
All-Hallows-the-Great	Upper Thames Street	1677-84	1894	St. Michael Paternoster Royal
Holy Trinity Gough Square	Great New Street	1838	1906	St Bride's Church
St Alphege London Wall	London Wall	1774-77	1923	St Mary Aldermanbury
St Antholin, Budge Row	Watling Street	1678-84	1875	St Mary Aldermary
St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange	Bartholomew Lane	1675-83	1840	St Margaret Lothbury
St Benet Fink	Threadneedle Street	1670-75	1846	St Peter le Poer
St Benet Gracechurch	Gracechurch Street	1681-87	1868	All Hallows Lombard Street
St Christopher le Stocks	Threadneedle Street	1670-71	1782^[2]	St Margaret Lothbury
St Dionis Backchurch	Fenchurch Street	1670-77	1878	All Hallows Lombard Street
St George Botolph Lane	Botolph Lane	1671-76	1904	St Mary-at-Hill
St James Duke's Place	Mitre Square	1727	1874	St Katharine Cree
St Katherine Coleman	Church Row	1740	1926	St Olave Hart Street
St Martin Outwich	Threadneedle Street	1798	1874	St Helen's Bishopsgate
St Mary Aldermanbury	Aldermanbury	1670-74	1940/1964^[3]	St Giles Cripplegate
St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street	Old Change	1683-87	1893	St Martin, Ludgate
St Matthew Friday Street	Friday Street	1682-85	1885	St Vedast alias Foster
St Michael Bassishaw	Basinghall Street	1675-79	1900	St Lawrence Jewry
St Michael, Crooked Lane	Miles's Lane	1687	1831	St Magnus the Martyr
St Michael Queenhithe	Upper Thames Street	1676-86	1876	St James Garlickhythe
St Michael Wood Street	Wood Street	1670-75	1897	St Alban Wood Street
St Mildred, Bread Street	Bread Street	1677-83	1941	St Mary-le-Bow
St Mildred, Poultry	Poultry	1670-77	1872	St Olave Old Jewry
St Peter le Poer	Old Broad Street	1788-92	1907	St Michael, Cornhill
St Stephen Coleman Street	Coleman Street	1677	1940	St Margaret Lothbury
St Swithin, London Stone	Cannon Street	1678	1940/1962	St Stephen Walbrook

Tower remains

Church name	Location	Rebuilt	Date of demolition	Subsuming parish
All Hallows Staining	Mark Lane	1674	1870	St Olave Hart Street
Christ Church Greyfriars	Newgate Street	1677-91	1940	St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
St Alban, Wood Street	Wood Street	1682-87	1940	St Vedast Foster Lane
St Augustine Watling Street	Watling Street	1680-87	1941	St Mary-le-Bow
St Dunstan-in-the-East	St Dunstan's Hill	1698	1941	All Hallows by the Tower
St Mary Somerset	Upper Thames Street	1686-94	1871	St Nicholas Cole Abbey
St Olave Old Jewry	Old Jewry	1670-79	1887	St Margaret Lothbury

Other denominations

Church name	Location	Built	Date of demolition	Denomination
Albion Chapel	Finsbury Pavement	1816	1875	Scottish Presbyterian chapel
Finsbury Chapel	East Street	1825	1891	Congregational chapel
French Protestant Church	St Martin's Le Grand	1843	1888	French Protestant (Huguenot) church
South Place Chapel	South Place	1824	1927	Unitarian chapel
St Martin Orgar	Martin Lane		1820	French Protestant (Huguenot) chapel
St Mary Moorfields	Blomfield Street	1820	1899	Roman Catholic pro-cathedral

References

^ Rebuilt Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine at All Hallows Twickenham
^ Reynolds (1922) asserts that this was the first saveable church to be demolished in the City of London
^ Rebuilt in Fulton, Missouri in 1964

Bibliography

Betjeman, John (1992) [1967], Sovereign City of London Churches, Andover: Pitkin, ISBN 0-85372-565-9
Huelin, G (1996), Vanished Churches of the City of London, London: Guildhall Library Publications, ISBN 0-900422-42-4
Reynolds, H (1922), The Churches of the City of London, London: The Bodley Head Limited

Damage, destruction and looting of cultural heritage

Human-
caused

By location	Afghanistan Destruction of art Canada Monuments removed in 2020–2022 China Destruction of the Four Olds Iran Disappeared statues in Tehran, 2010 Iraq Archaeological looting Destruction of Mosul Museum artifacts Ireland Destruction of country houses, 1919–1923 Israel Destruction of the Shrine of Husayn's Head Kosovo Destruction of Albanian heritage Destruction of Serbian heritage Middle East Damage in 21st-century conflicts Nigeria Benin Bronzes Saudi Arabia Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites Spain Missing landmarks Syria Damage in the Syrian civil war Ukraine Demolition of monuments to Lenin Damage in the 2022 Russian invasion List of damaged sites from 2022 Russian invasion United Kingdom 20th-century destruction of country houses Demolished buildings and structures in London Churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt Churches in the City of London Public art formerly in London United States Artwork damaged or destroyed in the September 11 attacks
By type	Attacks on museums Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State Destroyed libraries Museums destroyed by war Napoleonic looting List Stolen and missing Moon rocks Tallest voluntarily demolished buildings
World War II	Art theft and looting Restitution claims Works by Vincent van Gogh Libraries Looting of Poland Destruction of Warsaw Nazi plunder

Natural

Library damage in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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