St Mary's Church, Bromley St Leonard's

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St Mary's Church, Bromley St Leonard's

St Mary's Church, Bow was a Church of England parish church in Bromley St Leonard's in east London. 'Bromley St Leonard's' was split from the parish of Stepney in 1536, reusing the priory church from the recently dissolved St Leonard's Priory, a Benedictine nunnery. [1] It contained significant monumental sculpture. [2] [3]

The church was destroyed by bombing in World War II and obliterated by the building of the Blackwall Tunnel approach road, dividing the main residential body of the parish from the river front, though its churchyard survives. [4]

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References

  1. "Bromley St Leonard's | British History Online".
  2. Kent, William (1951). An Encyclopaedia of London. J.M. Dent. p. 450.
  3. Dunstan, James (1862). The History of the Parish of Bromley St. Leonard, Middlesex: With Historical Illustrations. Hunt & Son. p. 48.
  4. "Religious Houses: House of Benedictine nuns | British History Online".

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