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Location: St Botolph Billingsgate, City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. (51°30′34.87″N 0°5′5.03″W).
St Botolph Billingsgate
St Botolph Billingsgate was a parish church in the City of London. Of medieval origin, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and not rebuilt.
History of St Botolph Billingsgate:
The church, which dated back to medieval times stood on the south side of Thames Street, at the corner of Botolph Lane.
During the 15th century the church was extended to the south over an undercroft.[3] On the south side of this extension, at the south-east corner of the enlarged church, was a small stone-built vestry, which also had a cellar beneath. The parish rented out these cellars, usually to the same tenant. Archaeological excavations beneath part of the Billingsgate Lorry Park in 1982 uncovered the remains of the vault beneath the aisle of the church, and what may have been those of the one beneath the vestry.
A piece of land, formerly used as a passageway was given to the parish by the City corporation for use as an additional churchyard. Having been enclosed within a brick wall, it was consecrated in 1617. In 1620 the church was "repaired and beautified" at a cost of more than £600.
The composer Thomas Morley was buried in the churchyard.
