St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '7.4 " N , 0 ° 5' 38.6" W.
St Giles-without-Cripplegate is a church building of the Church of England in the City of London in a modern complex Barbican Estate . At the time it was built, the church stood without , i.e. outside the London Wall , near Cripplegate . The church is dedicated to St. Aegidius , the patron saint of beggars and cripples. The structure is one of the few medieval church buildings that still exist in the City of London, as only a few survived the Great Fire of London in 1666.
history
An Anglo-Saxon church existed on the site of today's church in the eleventh century , but it was replaced by a Norman structure in 1090 . This was rebuilt in 1394 in the Perpendicular Style .
"[1545] The xii day of September at iiii of cloke in the mornynge was sent Gylles church at Creppyl gatte burnyd, alle hole save the walles, stepull, belles and alle, and how it came God knoweth."
"[1545] On the 12th day of September at four o'clock in the morning the Church of St. Giles on Cripplegate burned down - everything but the walls - steeple, bells and everything, and how it happened, God knows"
The church was badly damaged three times by fire; 1545, 1879 and during a German air raid in the course of the Blitzkrieg of World War II on the night of December 29, 1940. Although the church burned to the ground during a bombing raid, it was rebuilt according to the 1545 repair plans. The sandstone church tower was added to the building in 1682. A new twelve-bell chime, cast by Mears and Stainbank, was installed in 1954; this was supplemented in 2006 with a second set of bells produced by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry .
On January 4, 1950, the church as a memorial first rank was (Grade I Listed Building ) classified.
Floor plan and equipment
- Grave of John Milton , 1674
- The altar of St. Luke's, Old Street was dismantled in the 1960s for subsidence.
- The east window was designed by Nicholson Studios and follows the pattern of the original medieval window.
- Sedilien and Piscina of the medieval church
- Cabinet with the historical treasures of Cripplegate
- Grave of John Foxe
- Commemorative plate to Sir Martin Frobisher reminded
- Bust of the cartographer and historian John Speed
- Statue of John Milton; Work by Horace Montford
- The organ. From St. Luke's, Old Street
- Busts of Daniel Defoe and John Milton
- Busts of Oliver Cromwell and John Bunyan
- Portrait of Dr. William Nicholls, First Rector of St Luke's Church and Vicar of St Giles'.
- West window with the coats of arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, as well as of Milton, Cromwell and Frobisher.
- Baptismal font, comes from St Luke's Church
- Cripplegate Window, commemorating the centenary of the Cripplegate Foundation
- Bust of Sir William Staines, 1801 Lord Mayor of London .
organ
The organ goes back to an instrument that was built in 1733 by the organ builders Jordan and Bridge for St. Luke's Church, Old Street, and extensively reworked in 1863 by the organ builder Fr. Willis. In 1971 the organ was installed and expanded by the organ builder NP Mander (London) in St. Giles without Cripplegate. The organ case dates from 1733 and was taken over from St Luke's Church. The case of the Rückpositiv was added in 1971. The organ has 42 registers on three manuals and a pedal . The actions are electro-pneumatic.
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Notable people associated with this church
- John Feild , Vicar of the Church around 1570
- John Foxe , author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs , Robert Crowley's deputy circa 1565, was buried in the church in 1587
- Robert Crowley , Rector of St Giles's, printer, poet, was buried in the church in 1588
- Lancelot Andrewes , principal after Crowley
- Sir Martin Frobisher , captain who fought against the Spanish Armada , was buried here in 1594
- Nathaniel Eaton , first director of Harvard College , was baptized here in 1610
- Oliver Cromwell , Military Commander and Lord Protector of England, married in the Church in 1620
- Nicholas Tooley , Shakespearean actor, was buried here on June 5, 1623
- John Speed , author of the Theater of the Empire of Great Britaine , was buried in the church in 1629
- John Milton , author of Paradise Lost , was buried in the church in 1674
- John Bunyan , author of The Pilgrim's Progress , attended the service here
- Daniel Defoe , author of Robinson Crusoe , died in the parish in 1731
supporting documents
- ^ John Betjeman : The City of London Churches ( English ). Pikin, Andover 1967, ISBN 0853721122 .
- ↑ C. Hibbert, D Weinreb, J Keay [1983]: The London Encyclopaedia . Pan Macmillan, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5 .
- ^ G. Cobb: The Old Churches of London . Batsford, London 1942.
- ↑ John Gough Nichols (Ed.): Chronicle of the Gray Friars of London . Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), London 1852.
- ^ T. Tucker: The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches . Friends of the City Churches, London 2006, ISBN 0955394503 .
- ↑ History of St Giles' without Cripplegate ( English ) Retrieved on July 9, 2011th
- ↑ Detailed Record (199476) ( English ) In: Images of England . English Heritage . Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Niklaus Pevsner, S. Bradley: London: the City Churches . Yale University Press, New Haven 1998, ISBN 0300096550 .
- ^ CW Pearce: Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations . Winthrop Rogers Ltd, London 1909.
- ↑ St Giles's Church Guide
- ↑ More information about the organ on the church website
