St Mary Aldermanbury

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St Mary Aldermanbury was a parish church in the City of London first mentioned in 1181"The Churches of the City of London" Reynolds, H: London, Bodley Head, 1922 and destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.'Cripplegate, one of the 26 Wards of the City of London' Baddesley, J.J p32: London; Blades, East & Blades; 1921 Rebuilt in Portland stone by Christopher Wren,"The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J Andover, Pikin, 1967 {{ISBN|0853721122}} it was again gutted by the Blitz in 1940, leaving only the walls standing. These stones were transported to Fulton, Missouri in 1966, by the residents of that town, and rebuilt in the grounds of Westminster College as a memorial to Winston Churchill."The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) {{ISBN|978-1405049245}} Churchill had made his Sinews of Peace, "Iron Curtain" speech in the Westminster College Gymnasium in 1946.

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The footprint of the church remains at the junction of London's Aldermanbury and Love Lane, planted with bushes and trees; a memorial plaque has been placed by Westminster College in the footprint. The gardens also house a monument to Henry Condell and John Heminges, key figures in the production of the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays and co-partners with him in the Globe Theatre. Condell and Heminges lived in the St Mary Aldermanbury parish and were buried in its churchyard. This monument is topped with a bust of Shakespeare. The remains of the church were designated a Grade II listed building on 5 June 1972.{{NHLE|num=1359121|desc=Footings to former Church of St Mary the Virgin|access-date=16 May 2015|mode=cs2}} The monuments are separately listed.{{NHLE|num=1064772|desc=Monument to John Heminge and Henry Condell in former churchyard of Church of St Mary Aldermanbury|access-date=16 May 2015|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}

In the 1830s, the notable missionary William Jowett was a lecturer at the church.Goodwin, G., revised by H. C. G. Matthew, 'Jowett, William (1787–1855), missionary', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)