Priory Church of St. Bartholomew,
smithfield.
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AN ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT
OF
St. Bartholomew’s Priory Church,
S M I T H F I E L D.
SEAL REPRESENTING ORIGINAL PRIORY.
WITH A SKETCH OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIR,
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL,
AND THE
PRIOR’S COUNTRY SEAT,
CANONBURY TOWER, ISLINGTON.
COMPILED FROM VARIOUS AUTHORITIES
BY
NORMANUS.
ENTRANCE GATE, SMITHFIELD
Illustrated by 56 Engravings from Original Sketches,
BY
G. J. EVANS.
LONDON:
BEMROSE & SONS, 10, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS;
AND DERBY.
HE CHURCH OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT, Smithfield, is one whosearchitectural and historical considerations will doubtless exempt itfrom the destructive operation of the “Union of Benefices” Act.
The Compilers trust that the following particulars concerning this, theoldest Church now remaining in London, will prove acceptable toresidents and others who are unacquainted with the many points ofinterest attaching to the ancie