St Mary-le-Bow

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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 50 "  N , 0 ° 5 ′ 37"  W.

St Mary-le-Bow
St Mary-Le-Bow interior

St Mary-le-Bow is a church in the City of London on Cheapside .

history

Archaeologists have established a church on this site since the time of the Anglo-Saxons . A church that stood at this point was destroyed in a storm in 1091 and replaced by a new building Sancta Maria de Arcubus , which was famous for its two arches (Latin arcus, English bow {s}). The steeple shaped the skyline of London and the bells heralded the start of curfew in the city. The building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.

The church, considered the second most important church after St Paul's Cathedral , was rebuilt from 1671 to 1673 according to plans by Sir Christopher Wren . The church tower was completed in 1680.

  • Interior south side

  • Side chapel

  • crypt

organ

View of the organ prospect

The organ was built in 2010 by the organ builder Kenneth Tickel (Northampton), whereby two stops of the previous instrument were reused. The organ case dates from 1964; it was built for the predecessor instrument of the organ building company Rushworth & Dreaper's and was designed based on organs of the 18th century from the workshop of the organ building family Silbermann. According to the design of the case, the instrument itself is also arranged in the French-Romantic style. The organ has 31 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The key actions are mechanical, the stop actions are electrical.

I Great C – a 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Open diapason 8th'
3. Stopped diapason 8th'
4th Gamba 8th'
5. Principal 4 ′
6th Spitz Flute 4 ′
7th Fifteenth 2 ′
8th. Cornet III
9. Furniture IV
10. Trumpet 8th'
11. Cromorne 8th'
Tremulant
II Swell C-a 3
12. Chimney Flute 8th'
13. viola 8th'
14th Voix Celeste 8th'
15th Principal 4 ′
16. Traverse Flute 4 ′
17th Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
18th Open flute 2 ′
19th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
20th Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
21st Mixture III-IV
22nd Bassoon 16 ′
23. Trumpet 8th'
24. Skin boy 8th'
Tremulant
Bow Bells
Pedal C – f 1
25th Sub bass 16 ′
26th Violone 16 ′
27. Principal 8th'
28. Open flute 8th'
29 Octave 4 ′
30th Trombones 16 ′
31. Trumpet 8th'

  • High altar

  • Crucifix over main altar

  • View of the pulpit

  • window

  • Window design

Bells

It is said that only someone born within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow is a real Cockney - a real Londoner. The church, like the bells, was destroyed in a German air raid on London on May 10, 1941 . Reconstruction began in 1956. The church was rededicated in 1964. The bells were cast by the Mears & Stainbank foundry in 1956.

Bell jar volume
1 G
2 F.
3 E.
4th D.
5 C.
6th B.
7th A.
8th G
9 F.
10 E.
11 D.
12 C.

A recording of the bells from 1926 has been used by the BBC World Service since 1940 as a pause signal on English-language programs and is still used today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For more information on organ (English)

Web links

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