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 from the north-east showing the dome of St Paul's Cathedral through a gap between buildings, with the top of the tower of St Alban's Church on Wood Street behind a bomb damaged building in the foreground. St Alban's Church was rebuilt by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London in 1666. During the Second World War it was destroyed by bombing with only the tower surviving.

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21B21_375

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,3Mb (3,2Mb) / 13,6in x 16,7in / 4072 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 St Alban's Church TGN Wood Street WW2 outside street photograph 2nd World War Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Wren Christopher domed Sir Christopher Historic England Charles William Prickett Prickett Charles William