ST. MARGARET’S AT NEWBRIDGE, anciently called St. Margaret’s at Colegate,
was situated near Blackfriars’ bridge, on the west side of the street.
The parish was depopulated by the great pestilence, in 1349, when the
church ceased to be parochial, and the parish was annexed to that of St.
George’s Colegate. The church occupied the site of Weston’s brewery, now
demolished.
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ST. MARTIN’S in BALLIVA was situated near the spot where, until lately,
the Golden Ball tavern stood, on the south side of the Castle Hill. The
church was on the right hand of the entrance into Golden Ball Lane. In
1562, this church was demolished and the parish united to St. Michael’s
at Thorn. Formerly all persons dying in the castle, and all criminals
executed, were buried in this churchyard, but this right, after the
desecration of the church, was conferred upon St. Michael’s at Thorn.
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ST. MARY THE VIRGIN’S was situated in Conisford, and belonged to the
Augustine Friars, being also dedicated to St. Augustine. It was a noble
structure, 450 feet long and 90 feet wide, with cloisters on the north
and south sides. After the Dissolution it became private property in
1547, when the church and conventual buildings were demolished.
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ST. MARY UNBRENT stood on the west side of Magdalen Street, near Golden
Dog Lane. The church was demolished at the dissolution, and the parish
united to St. Saviour’s. “Unbrent” means unburnt. The church was called
St. Mary _in combusto loco_, or in that part of the city burnt in the
great fire in the time of William I. Blomefield thinks that the church
was then consumed, and afterwards rebuilt; and that it was erroneously
written in ancient documents _uncombusto_, instead of _in combusto_.
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ST. MATTHEW’S, near the palace, was a small church. The parish has,
since the great pestilence of 1349, been united with that of St. Martin’s
at Palace.
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ST. MICHAEL’S in Coslany was sold to the Austin Friars in 1360, and
shortly afterwards the parish was united to that of St. Peter Parmenter
Gate, when the church was demolished and a cloister erected on its site.
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ST. OLAVE’S, or St. TOOLEY’S, stood on the east side of Tooley Street,
next to the corner of Cherry Lane. It was demolished in 1546, and the
parish consolidated with St. George’s Colegate.
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