St Bartholomew The Less

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St Bartholomew-the-Less is an Anglican church in the City of London. It is the official church of St Bartholomew’s Hospital and is located within the hospital grounds.The present church is the latest in a series of churches and chapels associated with the hospital over the past 800 years. Its earliest predecessor, known as the Chapel of the Holy Cross, was founded nearby in 1123 before moving to the present site in 1184. Along with most other religious foundations the hospital was dissolved by Henry VIII. It was then re-founded by the king, and the chapel became a parish church for those liviing within its precincts. Its suffix, “the less”, was given to distinguish it from its much larger neighbour, St Bartholomew-the-Great.
The church’s tower and west end are 15th century, with two of its three bells dating from 1380 and 1420. They hang within an original medieval bell frame, believed to be the oldest in the City of London. In 1793 George Dance the Younger created a new octagonal interior within the shell of the medieval church, its clerestorey rising above the old walls. The new construction was made entirely of wood, and soon became affected by dry-rot. In 1823 it was replaced under the supervision of Thomas Hardwick, who replicated the timber construction in stone with an iron ceiling. He also made. Alterations to the detailing.The church suffered some bomb damage during the London Blitz of World War II but this was repaired and the church reopened by 1951.

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