Title

St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, City of London, City of London, GLA, 1941-1945. Creator: Charles William Prickett.

Caption

St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, City of London, City and County of the City of London, Greater London Authority, 1941-1945. A view looking south-west across a bomb damaged landscape towards the Church of St Vedast-alias-Foster with St Paul's Cathedral beyond. The Church of St Vedast-alias-Foster was rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London in 1666. In the Second World War it was gutted by fire during the Blitz in 1940-41 and was later rebuilt after the war with work starting in 1953. St Paul's Cathedral survived the bombing raids but other buildings in the area were completely destroyed by high explosives and incendiary bombs.

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21B21_369

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (3,0Mb) / 12,5in x 16,7in / 3758 x 5007 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building England destruction religious country religion British cathedral English church damage ruins dome ruin Christian Christianity war location st pauls cathedral century city of london Britain wartime concept ruined B&W 1940s warfare 17th century Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing St Paul's Cathedral black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz Stewart Stuart seventeenth century St. Paul's Cathedral aerial warfare bomb damage church tower decade Home Front Second World War TGN WW2 outside photograph 2nd World War Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Wren Christopher domed St Vedast Foster Lane Sir Christopher Historic England Charles William Prickett Prickett Charles William St Vedast-alias-Foster