Holy Trinity the Less
Encyclopedia
Holy Trinity the Less was a parish church in the City of London, destroyed in the Great Fire of London..
traced its roots back to 1266.. By 1606, it had fallen into a ruinous state and had to be propped up. It was subsequently demolished and rebuilt. The patronage of the church was with the Prior and convent of St Mary Overie, Southwark, then, after the dissolution
, with the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.
In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren
to decide which would be rebuilt after the Great Fire. Fifty-one were chosen, but Holy Trinity the Less was one of the minority never to be rebuilt.
After the fire, the church's parish was united with St Michael Queenhithe,
The site of the burnt out Anglican church was used for a German Lutheran church, which opened in 1673. It survived until 1871 when it was closed and demolished to make way for the Mansion House undeground station
The churchyard was razed in 1872 to make room for the station.
Location
The church was on the east side of Knightrider Street on the south side near St Nicholas Cole Abbey.History
The church was medieval in origin, and StowJohn Stow
John Stow was an English historian and antiquarian.-Early life:The son of Thomas Stow, a tallow-chandler, he was born about 1525 in London, in the parish of St Michael, Cornhill. His father's whole rent for his house and garden was only 6s. 6d. a year, and Stow in his youth fetched milk every...
traced its roots back to 1266.. By 1606, it had fallen into a ruinous state and had to be propped up. It was subsequently demolished and rebuilt. The patronage of the church was with the Prior and convent of St Mary Overie, Southwark, then, after the dissolution
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
, with the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.
In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
to decide which would be rebuilt after the Great Fire. Fifty-one were chosen, but Holy Trinity the Less was one of the minority never to be rebuilt.
After the fire, the church's parish was united with St Michael Queenhithe,
The site of the burnt out Anglican church was used for a German Lutheran church, which opened in 1673. It survived until 1871 when it was closed and demolished to make way for the Mansion House undeground station
Mansion House tube station
Mansion House is a London Underground station in the City of London, near Mansion House . It is a sub-surface station served by trains on the Circle and District Lines. It is between Blackfriars and Cannon Street stations. The station is located at the junction of Queen Victoria Street and Cannon...
The churchyard was razed in 1872 to make room for the station.