St Mary-le-Bow

51.513889 - 0.093611Koordinaten: 51 ° 30 ' 50 "N, 0 ° 5' 37 " W

St Mary-le -Bow is a church in the City of London at the Cheapside.

History

Archaeologists have demonstrated a church on this site since the time of the Anglo-Saxons. A church which stood on this site was destroyed in 1091 in a storm and replaced by a new Sancta Maria de Arcubus, for its two arches (Latin arcus, Eng. Bow {s }) was famous. The steeple was formative for the silhouette of London and the bells announced the start of the curfew in the city. The building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London 1666.

The church, which was the second most important church to St Paul 's Cathedral was rebuilt according to plans by Sir Christopher Wren 1671 to 1673. The tower was completed in 1680.

Side chapel

Crypt

Equipment

The organ was built by the organ builder Kenneth Tikel ( Northampton ) 2010, with two registers of the previous instrument were reused. The organ case dates back to 1964; it had been built for the predecessor instrument of organ building company Rushworth & Dreaper 's and has been designed in accordance with Organs of the 18th century from the workshop of organ building family Silbermann. According to the housing design and the instrument itself is scheduled in the French romantic style. The organ has 31 stops on two manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are mechanically, electrically, the Registertrakturen.

Crucifix above the main altar

View of the pulpit

Window

Window design

Bells

It is said that only those who were born in the earshot of the bells of St Mary-le -Bow, a real Cockney - a true Londoner - is. The church was just like the bells destroyed in a German air raid on London on 10 May 1941. 1956 began with the reconstruction. The church was consecrated in 1964 again. The bells were cast in 1956 by Mears & Stainbank the foundry.

A recording of the bells from 1926 is still in use since 1940 by the BBC World Service as a pause character in English-speaking programs today.