- St Mary-le-Bow London Architecture. St Mary le Bow Church building design by Sir Christopher Wren Architect. 7 Nov 2012.
- The most famous tradition linked to St Mary-le-Bow is that only someone born within the sound of Bow bells can be considered a true Cockney.
- The Origins of St Mary-le-Bow. The first church on the site was founded by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1080.
- From about 1251, Saint Mary-le-Bow was the home of the Court of Arches, the final appeal court of the Province of Canterbury in the Church of England.
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- The church of St. Mary-le-Bow in London sits halfway between St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Bank of England, on the historic road known as Cheapside.
- Home to the famous Bow Bells, St Mary-le-Bow is a place of peace in the midst of the City. The Café Below, located in the Crypt...
- Since the 17th century it has been used to describe those born within the sound of ‘Bow Bells’, that is the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow church in Cheapside.
- Over to Toni… The church of St Mary-le-Bow dates from before 1090 and has always been at the heart of life in the City of London, being situated in Cheapside...
- St. Mary-le-Bow is exactly like that. Wren’s outer walls and tower sit on top of an 11th-century crypt, and the rest was rebuilt after the Blitz.