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St Bartholomew the Less, City of London

The chapel of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, the tower is 15th century, the unusual octagonal church by Thomas Hardwick 1823-25.

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St Benet, Pauls Wharf, City of London

By Robert Hooke 1678-84.  It has been a Welsh Anglican church since 1879.

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St Botolph, Aldersgate, City of London

By Nathaniel Wright 1789-91. The churchyard now forms part of Postman’s Park featuring G.F. Watts’  Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice.

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St Botolph, Aldgate, City of London

By George Dance the elder 1741-44. The ceiling decoration was added by J.F. Bentley 1888-95.

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St Botolph, Bishopsgate, City of London

Designed by James Gould 1725-28 and restored 1992-93 after bomb damage.

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St Clement, Eastcheap, City of London

By Wren 1683-87.  The interior was altered by William Butterfield in 1872 and 1889 and again by Ninian Comper in 1932-34. The nave is now used as open plan offices by The Amos Trust, some of the odd angles in the pictures are due to trying to avoid the office furnishings and staff.

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St Dunstan in the East, City of London

A garden ruin consisting of Wren’s gothic tower of 1695-1701 and a church by David Laing 1817-21.

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St Edmund the King, City of London

By Robert Hooke 1670-74. Currently used as the  London Centre for Spirituality.

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St Helen, Bishopsgate, City of London

The north aisle is the remains of a medieval Benedictine nunnery. Following damage by terrorist bombs in the early 90s it was restored and reordered by Quinlan Terry 1993-95.

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St James, Garlickhythe, City of London

By Wren 1676-84, the spire added 1713-17. Little war damage but a falling counterweight from a crane damaged the south transept in recent times.

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