St Andrew Hubbard was one of the churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
The Bills of Mortality for the year 1665, published by the Parish Clerk’s Company, shows 97 parishes within the City of London1. By 6 September1666 the city lay in ruins2, 87 churches having been destroyed3. In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under the stewardship of Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt4. Fifty-one were chosen, but St Andrew Hubbard was one of the unlucky minority never to be rebuilt5. The church was situated in Philpot Lane6 in the area known as Little Eastcheap7 and took its name from Hubert, a mediaeval benefactor 8. Its parish records are among the most detailed in the UK9 and have been extensively researched10, for example they tell us it was a thriving but rat-prone living. After the fire the church was united with St Mary-at-Hill and the site used to build the Royal Weigh House11. Substantial records survive at IGI12. A Parish boundary mark can be found in nearby Philpot Lane13.
References
^The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London Clark, O :London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006 ISSN: 0956-618X
^ Diary of Samuel Pepys Dover, Lewis Publications,1992 ISBN 048636675
^ "The Churches of the City of London"Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
^ "The City of London Churches" Betjeman, J. Andover, Pitkin, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659
^Worshipful Company of Turners. - Title deeds relating to the Hall in Philpot Lane, in the parish of St Andrew, 1606. - M0000429CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows,A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300
^ "A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
^ "Vanished Churches of the City of London" Huelin,G London Guildhall Library Publishing 1996 ISBN 0900422424
