St. Dunstan in the East
Names
- St. Dunstan in the East
- St. Dunstan towards the Tower
- St. Dunstan by the Tower
- Sancti Dunstani
- St. Dunstan Est
- St. Dunstan, near Fanchurch
Street/Area/District
- St. Dunstan's Hill
Maps & Views
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): St. Dunstan in the East
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): St. Dunstan in the East
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): St. Dunstan in the East
- 1600 Civitas Londini - prospect (Norden): St. Dunston in the east
- 1600 ca. Prospect of London (Howell, 1657): St. Dunstan in the East
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): St. Dunstan in the East
- 1666 Prospect of London before & after the fire (Hollar): S. Dunstans East, after
- 1666 Prospect of London before & after the fire (Hollar): S. Dunstans East, before
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): St. Dunstan in the East Church
- 1700 Londinum Urbs Praecipua Regni Angliae: St. Dunstan's Church
- 1710 Prospect of the City of London, Westminster and St. James' Park (Kip): St. Dunstan's Church
- 1720 London (Strype): St. Dunstan's Church
- 1725 London map & prospect (Covens & Mortier): St. Dunstans in the East
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): St. Dunstans East
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): St. Dunstan
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
St. Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention found in records: 1271–2 (Ct. H.W. I. 11).
Other designations: "St. Dunstan towards the Tower" (ib.). "St. Dunstan by the Tower," 15 Ed. I. (Anc. Deeds, A. 1708). "Sancti Dunstani," apud Turrim, 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 229). "St. Dunstan 'Est'" (Ct. H.W. I. 111), 1293–4. "S. Dunstan near Fanchurch," 1365 (ib. ii. 88).
Rebuilt 1633 (Dodsley, 1761). Chapel of Holy Trinity in the church (Strype, ed. 1720 I. ii. 43).
Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 53).
Tower and spire by Wren 1667–9.
Almost the whole of the side walls were preserved until the rebuilding of the church 1816. One window had geometrical tracery of about 1260. Present east window said to have been copied from old one (St. Paul's Ecci. Soc. II. 16).
Rebuilt 1817. Architect, S. Laing.
Living. A Rectory. One of the thirteen peculiars belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Patron: Archbishop of Canterbury. Formerly: Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 53).
Dedicated to St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 959–988, and designated "in the east" to distinguish it from St. Dunstan's in the west, Fleet Street (S. 136). In old days, as shown above, it was more commonly designated "apud," "versus," or "juxta" Turrim, on account of its situation near the Tower.