A-spiring to find a hundred churches (42)

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A-spiring to find a hundred churches (42)

Image: © Basher Eyre Taken: 20 Nov 2016

Here we see the fortress that is the Bank of England, as in "Safe as__" But in 1781 this area was a discrete parish St Christopher le Stocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Christopher_le_Stocks After the Gordon Riots it was decided to demolish it, and thus avoid anarchists using its structure to gain access to the "Old Lady"! Thus a church, rebuilt after The Great Fire lasted only another century

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