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Location: St Benet Gracechurch, City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. (51°30′42″N 0°5′6″W).
St Benet Gracechurch
St. Benet Gracechurch (or Grass Church), so called because a haymarket existed nearby (Cobb), was a parish church in the City of London first recorded in 1181 (Hibbert). Destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, it was one of the 51 churches rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. The church was demolished in 1868.
The church was in Bridge Ward, on the corner of Fenchurch Street and Gracechurch Street.
History of St Benet Gracechurch:
‘St. Benet’ is short for ‘St. Benedict’ and St. Benet Gracechurch was one of four churches in pre-Fire London dedicated to St. Benedict of Nursia, the 6th century founder of Western monasticism. Gracechurch meant “Grass Church”, referring to the site of a hay market nearby.
