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Guild Church of St Ethelburga the Virgin

Guild Church Of St Ethelburga The Virgin

City of London

Greater London

Late C14/early C15 with later alterations including work between 1912 and 1914 by Sir Ninian Comper

Architectural Features

Segmental headed clerestory lights with C20 plain glass glazing

4 stained glass windows by Leonard Walker, dedicated between 1928 and 1947, to north and south aisles, 3 dedicated to Henry Hudson (he and his crew took communion here in 1607 before they set out on their quest for the North-West Passage) and a fourth to the Revd

3 figures of love, joy and peace in an idealised landscape.5-light eastern window under moulded 4-centred arch by Kempe, 1878, replacing an earlier one in a classical setting

Three pieces of C15 glass in a western window and 4 pieces of C17 heraldic glass in sanctuary and chapel

Hexagonal C18 font with C17 Carved wooden cover from destroyed St Swithen, London stone

Wall monuments mostly early C19 but one to John Cornelius Linkbeck, dated 1655

The C18 bell turret replaced a steeple from which came the present C17 weathervane