St Pancras, Soper Lane

St Pancras, Soper Lane^[1]
Current photo of site
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Anglican, originally Roman Catholic

St Pancras, Soper Lane, was a parish church in the City of London, in England. Of medieval origin, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.

History

St Pancras, Soper Lane, was the Cheap ward City of London. The street from which it took its name was renamed after the Great Fire,^[2] although sources vary as to whether it became Queen Street^[2] or Pancras Lane.^[3] The church was first built in the twelfth century.^[4] It was a small building, with a tower containing five bells. There was a chapel on the north side.^[4]

Though small, the parish had some wealthy residents, and the church received various benefactions.^[3] In 1617 it was presented with a monument commemorating Elizabeth I.^[4] by Thomas Chapman. In 1621 the renovation of the building was financed by a group of benefactors, including Chapman, and a porch was added in 1624, paid for by Chapman's son.^[3]

The patronage of the church belonged to the prior and chapter of Christ Church, Canterbury, until 1365, when they granted it to the Archbishop of Canterbury.^[2] There was a parsonage house on the corner of Pancras Lane and Queen Street; in 1670 it was leased out for 40 years, at an annual rent of £2.^[3]

Destruction

Along with the majority of churches in the City, St Pancras, Soper Lane,was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in September 1666.^[5] It was not rebuilt; instead the parish was united with those of St Mary-le-Bow and All Hallows, Honey Lane. The rebuilt St Mary-le-Bow served as the church for the united parishes, and the site of St Pancras was retained as a graveyard.^[2]

References

↑ St. Pancras Soper Lane 145/0: The parish church of St. Pancras Soper Lane', Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire: Cheapside; parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St Martin Pomary, St Mary le Bow, St Mary Colechurch and St Pancras Soper Lane (1987), pp. 639-644. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=9775. Date accessed: 12 July 2008.
1 2 3 4 Newcourt, Richard (1708). Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense 1. London. pp. 517–8.
1 2 3 4 Seymour, Robert (1733). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent 1. London: T. Read. pp. 529–30.
1 2 3 White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. London. pp. 152–8.
↑ Reynolds, H. (1922). The "Churches of the City of London. London: Bodley Head.

51°30′47.5″N 0°5′31″W / 51.513194°N 0.09194°W / 51.513194; -0.09194Coordinates: 51°30′47.5″N 0°5′31″W / 51.513194°N 0.09194°W / 51.513194; -0.09194

Churches in the City of London

Existing churches	All Hallows-by-the-Tower All Hallows-on-the-Wall City Temple Dutch Church, Austin Friars St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe St Andrew, Holborn St Andrew Undershaft St Anne and St Agnes St Bartholomew-the-Great St Bartholomew-the-Less St Benet, Paul's Wharf St Botolph, Aldersgate St Botolph, Aldgate St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate St Bride, Fleet Street St Clement, Eastcheap St Dunstan-in-the-West St Edmund, King and Martyr St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate St Giles, Cripplegate St Helen, Bishopsgate St James, Garlickhythe St Katharine Cree St Lawrence Jewry St Magnus the Martyr St Margaret Lothbury St Margaret Pattens St Martin, Ludgate St Mary Abchurch St Mary Aldermary St Mary Moorfields St Mary Woolnoth St Mary-at-Hill St Mary-le-Bow St Michael, Cornhill St Michael, Paternoster Royal St Nicholas, Cole Abbey St Olave, Hart Street St Paul's Cathedral St Peter upon Cornhill St Sepulchre-without-Newgate St Stephen Walbrook St Vedast alias Foster Temple Church

Former churches	All Hallows Bread Street All Hallows Honey Lane All Hallows Lombard Street All Hallows, Staining (tower remains) All-Hallows-the-Great All-Hallows-the-Less Christ Church, Greyfriars (ruins remain) College of Minor Canons Holy Trinity Gough Square Holy Trinity the Less Hospital of St Thomas of Acre Old St Paul's Cathedral St Alban, Wood Street (tower remains) St Alphage London Wall (ruins remain) St Andrew Hubbard St Ann Blackfriars St Antholin, Budge Row St Audoen within Newgate St Augustine, Watling Street (tower remains) St Augustine Papey St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange St Benet Fink St Benet Gracechurch St Benet Sherehog St Botolph Billingsgate St Christopher le Stocks St Dionis Backchurch St Dunstan-in-the-East (ruins remain) St Faith under St Paul's St Gabriel Fenchurch St George Botolph Lane St Gregory by St Paul's St James Duke's Place St John the Baptist upon Walbrook St John the Evangelist Friday Street St John Zachary St Katherine Coleman St Laurence Pountney St Leonard, Eastcheap St Leonard, Foster Lane St Margaret Moses St Margaret, New Fish Street St Martin Orgar (tower remains) St Martin Outwich St Martin Pomary St Martin Vintry St Mary Aldermanbury St Mary Axe St Mary Bothaw St Mary Colechurch St Mary Mounthaw St Mary Somerset (tower remains) St Mary Staining St Mary Woolchurch Haw St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street St Matthew Friday Street St Michael Bassishaw St Michael, Crooked Lane St Michael Queenhithe St Michael-le-Querne St Michael Wood Street St Mildred, Bread Street St Mildred, Poultry St Nicholas Acons St Nicholas Olave St Nicholas Shambles St Olave, Silver Street St Olave, Old Jewry (tower remains) St Pancras, Soper Lane St Peter le Poer St Peter, Paul's Wharf St Peter, Westcheap St Stephen Coleman Street St Swithin, London Stone St Thomas the Apostle

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St Pancras, Soper Lane

History

Destruction

References

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