Identifier: churchesoflondon00godw (find matches)
Title: The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis
Year: 1838 (1830s)
Authors: Godwin, George, 1813-1888 Britton, John, 1771-1857
Subjects: Church buildings
Publisher: London, C. Tilt (etc.)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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echurch on a marble pavement, is a beautiful piece of work-manship attributed to Grinling Gibbons. The wholesurface is elaborately sculptured with representations ofAdam and Eve in paradise,—the return of the dove tothe ark,—Christ baptized by St. John ; and Philip baptizingthe Eunuch. Previous to 1829, it stood in a dark recessunder the organ gallery ; but at that time was removed toits present more prominent position. The most recently erected monument is a Gothic tablet, Sacred, to the memory of John Tabor, Esquire, manyyears a partner with Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co. bankers,Lothbury, who departed this life highly respected andesteemed, January 15, 1837. aged 67. At the west end of the church is a metal bust inscribedto Petrus Le Maire, 1631 : this originally stood in St.Christophers, and was brought here after the fire.1 1 The length of the church is 66 feet, the breadth 54 feet, and the height36 feet. The steeple is 140 feet high. New View of London. ST. MARGARETS, LOTHBURY.
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The patronage of St. Margarets was formerly vested inthe Abbess and convent of Barking in Essex, who, in1303 presented John de Haslingfield to it; but at theDissolution it devolved to the Crown. The right of pre-sentation to St. Christophers belonged to the Bishop ofLondon. The present rector is the Venerable ArchdeaconHollingworth. ST. JAMES, GARLICK HITHE. Among the apostles two were called James ; one of whom,namely, St. James the Great, was beheaded under HerodAgrippa at Jerusalem ; while the other, St. James the less,was thrown down from the temple, and not being killed bythe fall, was dispatched with a club.1 The church underconsideration was probably dedicated to the former,2 andhad its second title from the circumstance that it was in theneighbourhood of the hithe, or wharf, where garlick wassold for the use of the inhabitants of London. It ap-pears that the church was rebuilt in 1326, probably byRichard Rothing, Sheriff, who left money for the supportof the fabric, and was bu

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