Title

St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, City and County of the City of London, GLA, 1941-1945. Creator: Charles William Prickett.

Caption

St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, City and County of the City of London, Greater London Authority, 1941-1945. A view looking east across a bomb damaged landscape towards St Mary-le-Bow Church. St Mary-le-Bow was rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London in 1666. During the Second World War it was almost destroyed by bombing on 10th May 1941 with incendiary bombs causing a fire which sent the bells in its tower crashing down to the ground. The tower was left standing and restoration of the church began in 1956.

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21B21_367

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

95,8Mb (5,3Mb) / 22,3in x 16,7in / 6685 x 5007 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building England destruction religious country religion British English church damage ruins ruin Christian Christianity war location century city of london Britain wartime concept ruined B&W 1940s warfare 17th century Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz Stewart Stuart seventeenth century aerial warfare bomb damage Bow Church Cheapside church tower decade Home Front Second World War St Mary le Bow St Mary-le-Bow TGN WW2 outside street photograph 2nd World War Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Wren Christopher Sir Christopher Historic England Charles William Prickett Prickett Charles William