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St Botolph's Church in Aldgate

St Botolph's Aldgate
St Botolph without Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories
St Botolphs Aldgate front elevation.JPG
St Botolph's Aldgate is located in City of London
St Botolph's Aldgate
St Botolph's Aldgate
51°30′50″N 00°04′34″W / 51.51389°N 0.07611°W / 51.51389; -0.07611Coordinates: 51°30′50″N 00°04′34″W / 51.51389°N 0.07611°W / 51.51389; -0.07611
Location City of London
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Previous denomination Roman Catholic
Churchmanship Liberal / Modern Catholic
Architecture
Status Active
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade I listed building
Architect(s) George Dance the Elder
Architectural type Georgian architecture
Years built 1115; 16th century; 1741
Completed 1744
Administration
Parish St Botolph without Aldgate
Deanery City of London
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of London
Episcopal area Two Cities (London and Westminster)
Diocese Diocese of London
Clergy
Bishop(s) Bishop of London
Rector The Revd Laura Burgess
Chaplain(s) The Revd Andrew Richardson

St Botolph's Aldgate is a Church of England parish church in the City of London and also, as it lies outside the line of the city's former eastern walls, a part of the East End of London.

The full name of the church is St Botolph without Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories and it is sometimes known simply as Aldgate Church. The ecclesiastical parish was united with that of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories, in 1899.

The current 18th-century church building is made of brick with stone quoins and window casings. The tower is square with an obelisk spire.

The church stands at the junction of Houndsditch and Aldgate High Street approximately 30 metres east of the former position of Aldgate, a defensive barbican in London's wall

The church was one of four in medieval London dedicated to Saint Botolph or Botwulf, a 7th-century East Anglian saint, each of which stood by one of the gates to the City. The other three were near neighbour St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, St Botolph's, Aldersgate in the west and St Botolph's, Billingsgate by the riverside (this church was destroyed by the Great Fire and not rebuilt).

Before the legend of Saint Christopher became popular, Botolph was venerated as the patron saint of travellers, which is thought to be why churches at the City gates have this dedication.

The earliest known written record of the church dates from 1115, when it was received by the Holy Trinity Priory (recently founded by Matilda, wife of Henry I) but the parochial foundations may very well date from before 1066.


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