(ST.) BOTOLPH WITHOUT BISHOPSGATE

   On the west side of Bishopsgate at No. 117 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.

   Stow says it stood on the bank of the Town Ditch.

   Earliest mention: "Sci Botulfi exa Bissopeg," 1212-13 (Anc. Deeds, A. 1851, 1854).

   Partly rebuilt 1617 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 90). Entirely rebuilt, 1728. Architect, Dance.

   A Rectory. Patron : the Bishop of London.

   Rectory adjoins the church (Strype, ed. 1755, I. 421-2).

   There was an anchoress in the cemetery, 1 H. V. 1413 (Cal. P.R. H. V. 1413-15, p. 29).

   Strype suggests that the Liberty of Norton Folgate or some portion of it was included in St. Botolph's parish (ed. 1720, I. ii. 94).