St Christopher le Stocks

The earliest reference to the church is in 1282. The origin of the name is disputed: maintained that it referred to the city stocks, which at one time stood close to the church, but believed it to be a reference to the nearby Stock Exchange. Endowments were bequeathed in 1427 and 1506. The church was severely damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666, although the outer walls and tower survived. It was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1671 using much of the surviving material, and was the first of his churches to be completed at a cost of £2,098 12s 7d. Edward Hatton, in his New View of London (1708) wrote of the restored church that "all the old part which the fire left, is of the…