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THE KNOWLEDGE London Brain Teaser No 42

This time, a look at some of the unusual features of the City churches.

  • Around ninety churches were destroyed in the Great Fire, 1666. The Monument actually stands on the site of the nave of one of them. Which one?
  • The radiator covers in this riverside church are made of timber from Westminster Hall, an appropriate reminder of the builder of that Hall, Henry Yevele, who is buried in this church. Which church?
  • In which City church is to he found a statue of Charles I?
  • Where is St Faith's church?

The solution

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