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I90 THE CHURCHES
tion first to the old churches which escaped the Great Fire, and then
to a few typical examples of Wrens noble designs. It is interesting
DOORWAY, ST, HELEN'S CHURCH DOOR IN ST, HELEN’S CHURCH
to find that among the surviving churches one of the oldest may be
recognised in St. Bar¬
tholomew the Great, in
Smithfield. Smithfield
is the smooth field, or
open space, outside the
walls which the citizens
resorted to for open-air
assemblies and other such
purposes when the houses /
round Westcheap and the ~ !
encroachments of the —
MONUMENT TO SIR JULIUS CAESAR, ST, HELEN'S CHURCH