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St. Bennet's Gracechurch-street, is situ-
ated at the south west corner of Fen-
church street. The old church being
much damaged by the fire in 1666, was
taken down, and the present structure
erected in its place, which is built prin-
cipally of stone, and is a regular, conve-
nient, and neat edifice, without the ex-
pence of columns and porticos. It has
a handsome balustrade at the top, and
a very high spire of the obelisk kind, the
base of which is supported by four por-
ticos.
This church is a rectory in the patro-
nage of the Dean and Chapter of St.
Paul's; and the parish of St. Leonard
Eastcheap is annexed to it. The Rector
receives 140l. a year in lieu of tithes.
St. Bennet's Paul's Wharf, is so called
from its being consecrated to St. Bene-
dict, and its vicinity to that wharf. It
is situated at the south west corner of
St. Bennet's hill, and the old church be-
ing destroyed by the fire of London in
1666, this was erected in its place, from
a design of Sir Christopher Wren. It is
a neat structure; the body is well propor-
tioned: the tower has rustic corners, and
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its turret and small spire are raised from
the crown of a dome.
This church is a rectory, the collation
to which is in the Dean and Chapter of
St. Paul's. The parish of St. Peter
Paul's Wharf is united to it, and the
Rector receives 100l. a year in lieu of
tithes.
St. Bennet's Sherehog, stood opposite to
St. Sythe's lane, in St. Pancras lane,
and in the ward of Cheap. In the year
1323, it went by the name of St. Osyth,
from its being dedicated to a queen and
martyr of that name; but she was di-
vested of the tutelage of this church, by
Benedict Shorne, a fishmonger of Lon-
don, who was a rebuilder, repairer, or
benefactor to it; and Shorne his sur-
name, being corrupted into Shrog, was
at last converted into Sherehog. This
church sharing the common fate of the
general conflagration in 1666, and not
being rebuilt, the parish was annexed to
that of St. Stephen's Wallbrook. Newc.
Rep. Eccl. Paroch.
Bennet street, a short street, westward
into Arlington street, Piccadilly.
Bennet's Bridge lane, Upper Ground
street, Southwark.†
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