(ST.) MARY MAGDALEN, MILK STREET

   On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).

   The parish extended into Bread Street Ward.

   Earliest mention: "St. Mary Magdalene in foro Londoniarum," 1162 (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. 19).

   Other names : "St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street," 1203-15 (ib. 18).

   Repaired and beautified 1619 and 1633.

   Burnt in the Fire 1666 and not rebuilt. Parish united to St. Lawrence Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75 and 90).

   A Rectory. Patrons : Canons of St. Paul.

   The site was subsequently occupied by Honey Lane Market and the City of London School.