St Peter, Paul's Wharf, was a Church of England parish church in the City of London. It was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666.The Churches of the City of London; Reynolds, H. London: Bodley Head, 1922
First mentioned in the 12th century, it stood to the north of Upper Thames Street in Queenhithe Ward."A Dictionary of London" Harben, H: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918 The parish was defiant in continuing to use the Book of Common Prayer during the Civil War."The City of London – a history" Borer, M.I.C.: New York, D. McKay Co, 1978;
St Peter's was, along with most of the City's other parish churches, destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666. A Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt.Wren Whinney, M. London: Thames & Hudson, 1971 Fifty-one were chosen, but St Peter Paul's WharfSometimes known as "St Peter Parva" “The London City Churches", Norman, P.: London, The London Society, 1929 was not among them. Following the fire, the parish was united with that of St Benet Paul's Wharf."The registers of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London" Willioghby, A.: London, Harleian Society, 1911
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