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Church Of St Andrew


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1808/05/01 Mary Ann Lamb Bridesmaid On May 1st of 1808, it was a Sunday, at St Andrew's Church, Holborn, William Hazlitt and Sarah Stoddart are married. Mary and Charles Lamb are in attendance, so too in attendance are the bride's brother and his wife, Dr and Mrs Stoddart.
1808/05/01 Charles Lamb Best Man Charles Lamb serves as best man at the nuptials of William Hazlitt and Sarah Stoddart in the Church of St Andrew, Holborn.
1828/00/00 William Marsden Life William Marsden finds a girl dying on the steps of St Andrews and attempts to have her treated at nearby hospitals. Refused admission to three hospitals because she has no subscriber's letter, Marsden will care for her until she dies two days later.
1852/12/05 Mary Ann Nichols Family Mary's mother, Caroline Walker, is buried in the churchyard at St Andrew's. Caroline's remains will be removed in the mid-19th century and re-interred at the City of London Cemetery in Ilford.
1854/03/14 Mary Ann Nichols Family Edward Walker, father of Mary Walker, has his four year old son Frederick Walker baptized. In about a month, Fredrick will die from tuberculosis and be buried along side his mother in St Andrew's churchyard.
1860/00/00 In the mid-19th century, the Holborn Valley Improvement Scheme purchases St Andrew's North Churchyard to make way for the Holborn Viaduct. Human remains are removed to the City of London Cemetery in Ilford or interred in the crypt. Holborn Valley Improvements

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Particulars for Church Of St Andrew:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property

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English National Heritage List: 1064643


Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Bleak House (book) Book Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (book) Novel Charles Dickens Bill Sykes looks up at Church of St Andrew's tower.

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