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St Clement Danes is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London.It is now situated near the 19th-century Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand.Although the first church on the site was reputedly founded in the 9th century by the Danes, the current building replaced the medieval church building and was completed in 1682 by celebrated architect Sir Christopher Wren.
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains (see its Anglican church, St Clement Danes).The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster (also known as of the Savoy).
Clare Market is a historic area in central London located within the parish of St Clement Danes to the west of Lincoln's Inn Fields, between the Strand and Drury Lane, with Vere Street adjoining its western side. It was named after the food market which had been established in Clement's Inn Fields, by John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare.
The identity of the London churches is not always clear, but the following have been suggested, along with some factors that may have influenced the accompanying statements: [1] St. Clement's may be St Clement Danes or St Clement Eastcheap, both of which are near the wharves where merchantmen landed citrus fruits.
The dedication to St Clement is unusual in London, with only one other ancient church there dedicated to this saint, namely St Clement Danes, Westminster. It is also located a little north of the Thames, but further west from Eastcheap and outside the old City boundary, just beyond the Temple Bar on the Strand.
Wren also designed a number of Anglican churches outside the City, including St James's, Piccadilly and St Clement Danes. After the Wren era, Hawksmoor was responsible for six of the great Anglican churches in the East End of London (for example Christ Church, Spitalfields ), and other architects such as Hooke, James Gibbs and John James ...
Clement's Inn was the last to be dissolved, being shut down in 1903. Located near St Clement Danes, the Inn was also named after Saint Clement and took as its coat of arms his, with a large letter C in sable. [15] The buildings were completely rebuilt in the 19th century in the Queen Anne Style.
The Crown and Anchor tavern is visible on the right. The Church on the left is St Clement Danes.. The Crown and Anchor, also written Crown & Anchor and earlier known as The Crown, was a public house in Arundel Street, off The Strand in London, England, famous for meetings of political (particularly the early 19th-century Radicals) and various other groups. [1]