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200 THE CHURCHES
Gothic style, only dates from
the reign of Henry VIII. pm
Proceeding a little farther §
eastward along Leadenhall
Street, we reach a more
modern but still more in¬
teresting church, that known
as St. Katherine Cree, a
name I have already ac¬
counted for. St. Katherine s
was closely connected with
the life and death of Arch¬
bishop Laud, who must, in¬
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LORD NELSON'S TOMB
deed, be looked upon as its designer. A former church had been built |
here by the Prior of Aldgate in order that he and his canons should not "7