St. Katherine Coleman
Names
- St. Katherine Coleman
- Sanctae Katerinae de Colman cherche
- St. Katherine Colmanchurch
- All Saints Colmanchurch
- St. Catherine Colman
Street/Area/District
- Fenchurch Street
Maps & Views
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): St. Katherine Coleman
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): St. Katerin Colmans
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): St. Katherine Coleman
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): St. Catherine Colmans
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): St. Katherine Coleman Church
- 1720 London (Strype): St. Katherine Coleman Church
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
St. Katherine Coleman
On the south side of Fenchurch Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention found in records: "Sanctae Katerinae de Colman cherche," 1301 (Lib. Cust. I. 235). "St. Katherine or All Saints Colmanchurch" (Dugdale VI. (1) 155).
Stow says it was dedicated to St. Katherine and All Saints (S. 151), and the documentary evidence seems to point to the identity of this church with All Hallows Coleman-church (q.v.).
It seems also probable that in early times it was referred to as Colemanchurch (q.v.).
A Rectory. Patron: Bishop of London (Newcourt, I. 377).
Until the temp. H. VIII. and the dissolution of the monasteries, the living belonged to St. Martins le Grand (ib., and Lib. Cust. I. 235).
Not burnt in the Fire, but rebuilt in 1740. Archt., Horne.
Derivation of name: The addition of Coleman, Stow says, was taken of a great Haw, yard, or garden of olde time called "Coleman haw" partly in this parish (S. 151).
But if it is identical with Colemanchurch it may have been named after a builder or restorer of the church "Coleman," as in temp. H. II. it is referred to as "Colemanes chirche" (Anc. Deeds, A. 1900).
Fenchurch Street (q.v.) seems to have been called "Colmanstrete" at one time.