St John ZacharyMore photos (meaning "St John, son of Zechariah", i.e. John the Baptist)Gordon Huelin in his definitive “Vanished churches of the City of London” (London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996, ) puts forward an alternative explanation – a 12th-century deed, held at St Paul's Cathedral gave it to Zachary the monk, which name was incorporated into the church title to distinguish it from St John the Baptist, Walbrook. was a church, first mentioned in official records in 1181,"A Dictionary of London", Harben, H.A: Herbert Jenkins, London, 1922 within the City of London, England, on the north side of Gresham Street, Aldersgate.“Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce, C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909 Its vicar from 25 May 1424Article to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death William Byngham: A Medieval Protagonist of the Training of Teachers Armytage, W. H. G. in “History of Education Journal”, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer, 1951), pp. 107–110 to an unknown date was William Byngham, the founder of England's first teacher training college.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Brown-Catley Davenport, R.B (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004) It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666"The Churches of the City of London", Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922 and not rebuilt,Although the name also lived on as a Ward Precinct within Aldersgate British History On-Line "Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693–1694: City of London, Aldersgate Ward (Within and Without), Aldersgate Ward Within, St John Zachary Precinct", Barnes, J; Earle, P; Keene, D; & Spence, C (1992) with its parish being united with that of St Anne and St Agnes"The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) by section 55 of the Rebuilding of London Act 1670 (22 Cha. 2. c. 11)Church of England, Parish of St. Anne and St. Agnes (London, England). – Miscellaneous papers, including churchwardens' papers, settlement examinatio, 1674. – M0003869CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows, A. (Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1954 – an arrangement that lasted until the 20th century."The records of two city parishes: a collection of documents illustrative of the history of SS. Anne and Agnes, Aldershot, and St. John Zachary, London, from the twelfth century", McMurray, W. (clerk of the united parishes):London, Hunter and Longhurst, 1925 Its site is now a garden,Gardens of the City of London first made by the fire watchers in 1941."London: the City Churches” Pevsner, N; Bradley, S New Haven, Yale, 1998 Partial records survive at IGI.Genealogical Website
Interment The church was the guild church of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, who were a powerful guild in the City of London with at least two mayors buried here, Sir Drugo Barentyn (died 1415)Payne, James Bertrand "Armorial of Jersey" pp. 60-65 and Sir Nicholas Twyford (died 1390).
In film The 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher, used the churchyard as a filming location.
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