• Smoke generated by underground trains so blackened the exterior that in the late 19th century, the church became known as "St Nicholas Cole Hole Abbey".
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  • St. Nicholas Cole Abbey founded in the 12th century, destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, then rebuilt by the Sir Christopher Wren.
  • The name "Cole Abbey" is derived from "coldharbour", a medieval word for a traveller's shelter or shelter from the cold.
  • St. Nicholas Cole Abbey The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 7.0, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 05 May 2022...
  • A contemporary vicar noted, ‘In St Nicholas Cole Abbey there is good preaching and divine worship is also carried out in the most reverential manner.
  • St. Nicholas Cole Abbey – actually a church – has been recorded on this site since the 12th century. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666...
  • The Church of St Nicholas Cole Abbey stands on the site of an original 12th centre church which was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
  • As with the majority of City churches, it has been a location for a church for many centuries as the original St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey was founded before 1144.