St. Mary le Bow

A church has always existed on this site since the Saxon period; one was destroyed by a tornado in the late 11th c., another burned down in the Great Fire of London(1666), then rebuilt (1680) to Sir Christopher Wren's design. It was destroyed during the London Blitz and restored in 1956. The Bow Bells were used as an interval signal by the BBC since the early 1940s.

P6:27.3 x 41.0 cm. (10.7 x 16.1 in.)

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