Dutch Church

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The Dutch Church is a familiar landmark within Broad Street Ward, in the City of London. The original church was a monastic priory known as “the Augustinian Friars, London”, (which became shortened to “Austin Friars, London”), founded in 1253 by Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford (d.1275) During the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was dissolved in 1538 and granted by the crown to to John a Losco 1550, who founded preaching house for congregation of Walloon refugees. The Dutch connection thus starts in 1550 King Edward VI gave Protestant refugees from the Netherlands permission to establish their own parish. It is as such the oldest Dutch-language Protestant church in the World.
In 1940, the building was destroyed during the Blitz, but in 1950 a new church was built to the design of Arthur Bailey. The new building is a concrete box frame, externally clad in Portland stone. The church possesses detailed archives, and is a popular tourist attraction, it celebrated its 450th anniversary in the millennium year.

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