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St Botolph's, Billingsgate was a Church of England parish church in London. Of medieval origin, it was located in the Billingsgate ward of the City of London and destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. ==History== The church, which dated back to medieval times stood on the south side of Thames Street, at the corner of Botolph Lane.〔Seymour 1939, p.433〕 It was one of four churches in medieval London dedicated to St Botolph, a 7th-century East Anglian saint, each of which stood by one of the gates of the London Wall. The others erected were St Botolph's, Aldgate; St Botolph's, Aldersgate; and St Botolph's, Bishopsgate. During the 15th century the church was extended to the south over an undercroft.〔 On the south side of this extension, at the south-east corner of the enlarged church, was a small stone-built vestry, which also had a cellar beneath. The parish rented out these cellars, usually to the same tenant. Archaeological excavations beneath part of the Billingsgate Lorry Park in 1982 uncovered the remains of the vault beneath the aisle of the church, and what may have been those of the one beneath the vestry. A piece of land, formerly used as a passageway was given to the parish by the City corporation for use as an additional churchyard. Having been enclosed within a brick wall, it was consecrated in 1617.〔Newcourt 1708, p.311〕 In 1620 the church was "repaired and beautified" at a cost of more than £600.〔 The composer Thomas Morley was buried in the churchyard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=findagrave.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Botolph Billingsgate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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