St Audoen within Newgate

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St Audoen within Newgate
Location London
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
History
Founded1220
Architecture
Closed1547
Demolished1583

St. Audoen's Church (within Newgate) (alternatively known as St. Ewen's, St. Ewan's or St. Ewin's) was a medieval parish church in the City of London [1] situated on the north-east corner of Newgate Street and Eldeness Lane (now Warwick Lane). It was first mentioned as Parochia sancti Audoeni in around 1220. [2] Named in honour of Audoen or Ouen, the seventh-century Bishop of Rouen, it was anciently called Sti Audoeni juxta fratres minores London (infra Newgate). [3] Like its sister church in Dublin, it is believed that this was home to a religious guild of St. Anne. [3]

In 1546, Henry VIII gave the church, along with St Nicholas Shambles and the dissolved Christ Church priory to the City corporation. A new parish was created for Christ Church, out of those of St Audoen and St Nicholas, and part of that of St Sepulchre. [4] St Audoen's Church was demolished in around 1583. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "St Audoen alias St Ewin parish". AIM25. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  2. Henry A Harben (1918). "Artirce, The King's - Audoen (St.)". A Dictionary of London. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 Strype, John (1720). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (I ed.). iii [as 'St. Ewin']. p. 193. ISBN   0-9542608-9-9 . Retrieved 3 September 2022.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. Godwin, George; John Britton (1839). "Christ Church, Newgate Street". The Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis. London: C. Tilt. Retrieved 28 April 2012.

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