St Martin Orgar

51°30′38.98″N 0°5′15.10″W

St Martin Orgar
St Martin Orgar depicted by Thomas H. Shepherd in 1831
St Martin Orgar
Location	London
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Anglican
History
Dedication	Martin of Tours[1]
Architecture
Demolished	1820

St Martin Orgar was a church in the City of London in Martin Lane, off Cannon Street. Its name is said to derive from one Ordgarus (Odgarus, Orgarus, Ordgar, Orgar), a Dane who donated the church to the canons of St Paul’s.[2][3]

It is sometimes considered being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". Most of the building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, but the tower and part of the nave were left standing.[4] The parish was merged with St Clement Eastcheap.[5] The churchyard remained in use by the combined parish until 1853.

The remains of the church were restored and used by French Protestants until 1820.[6] Most of the remaining building was then pulled down, but the tower remained and was rebuilt in 1851 as the campanile of St Clement Eastcheap.[7] A fragment of the churchyard of St Martin's remains to the south of the campanile.[8]

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  29 Martin Lane, built on the site of St Martin Orgar in 1853
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  Blue plaque

References

1. Ellen, Ronald Guy (6 December 1972). A London Steeplechase: A Survey of the 150 Parish Churches Historically Associated with the Parish Clerks' Company of the City of London. City Press. ISBN 9780901129208 – via Google Books.
2. Daniell, Alfred Ernest (6 December 1896). "London City Churches". Scribner – via Google Books.
3. Adams, Neil; Jenstad, Janelle (6 December 2016). "St. Martin Orgar". mapoflondon.uvic.ca.
4. "The City of London Churches" Betjeman,J Andover, Pikin, 1967 ISBN 0-85372-112-2
5. "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
6. "Vanished churches of the City of London" HUelin,G: London, Guildhall Publishing, 1996 ISBN 0-900422-42-4
7. "The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches" Tucker,T: London, Friends of the City Churches, 2006 ISBN 0-9553945-0-3
8. "London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0-300-09655-0

External links

• Church bells of the City of London