St Mary le Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane with All Hallows Honey Lane, London Genealogy

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St Mary le Bow and St Pancras Soper Lane with All Hallows Honey Lane, the church of, is situated on the south side of Cheapside, at the corners of Bow Lane and [St Mary le] Bow Churchyard. it is dedicated to teh Virgin Mary and derives its addition from bbeing the first church built in London upon the arches, and called Bows. it was founded beofre the reign of William the Norman [Conqueror] and was first called New Mary Church, but afterwards received the epithet of De Arcubus, or Le Bow, in Westcheap.

[Adapted from: "Topographical Dictionary of London" by James Elmes; published 1831]