St Giles-without-Cripplegate

St Giles-without-Cripplegate
The west tower of St Giles-without-Cripplegate
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LocationLondon, EC2
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Websitehttp://www.stgileschurch.com
History
Founded1394
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
StylePerpendicular Gothic
Administration
DioceseLondon
ParishSt Giles' with St Luke's
Clergy
RectorThe Rev'd Canon Jack Noble

St Giles-without-Cripplegate is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on Fore Street within the modern Barbican complex.[1] When built it stood without (that is, outside) the city wall, near the Cripplegate.[2] The church is dedicated to St Giles, patron saint of handicapped and infirm people of many different kinds. It is one of the few medieval churches left in the City of London, having survived the Great Fire of 1666.[3]

  1. ^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman,J Andover, Pikin, 1967 ISBN 0-85372-112-2
  2. ^ 'Cripplegate, one of the 26 Wards of the City of London' Baddesley, J.J p96: London; Blades, East & Blades; 1921
  3. ^ "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5