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Location: St Michael Bassishaw, City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. (51°31′0.1″N 0°5′30″W).
St Michael Bassishaw
St. Michael Bassishaw aka Michael Basinshaw, was a church in the City of London located on Basinghall Street, on land now covered by the Barbican Centre complex. Recorded since the 12th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, then rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. The rebuilt church was demolished in 1900.
History of St Michael Bassishaw:
St. Michael Bassishaw was one of seven churches in the City of London dedicated to the Archangel Michael. "Bassishaw" comes from Basing’s haw, Basing being the name of a prominent family in medieval London and ‘haw’ meaning yard.
From the fifteenth century the dean and chapter of St Paul's Cathedral were patrons of the church.
