Editing St Giles-without-Cripplegate (section)

==History==
There had been a [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] church on the site in the 11th century<ref>"The City of London Churches: monuments of another age" Quantrill, E; Quantrill, M p30: London; Quartet; 1975</ref> but by 1090 it had been replaced by a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] one. In 1394 it was rebuilt in the [[Gothic architecture#Styles|perpendicular gothic]] style<ref>"The Old Churches of London" Cobb,G: London, Batsford, 1942</ref> during the reign of Richard II.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Giles' Cripplegate |url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/architecture/city-churches-and-religious-buildings/www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/architecture/city-churches-and-religious-buildings/st-giles-cripplegate |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=City of London |language=en}}</ref> The stone tower was added in 1682.<ref>"The City Churches" Tabor, M. p34:London; The Swarthmore Press Ltd; 1917</ref>

{{Quote box|align=right|width=25%|[1545] The xii day of September at iiii of cloke in the mornynge was sent Gylles church at Creppyl gatte burnyd, alle hole save the walles, stepull, belles and alle, and how it came God knoweth.|source={{Citation|title=Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London|year=1852|url=https://archive.org/stream/chronicleofgreyf00londrich#page/48/mode/2up}}}}
The church has been badly damaged by fire on three occasions: In 1545, in 1897<ref>"The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches" Tucker,T: London, Friends of the City Churches, 2006 {{ISBN|0-9553945-0-3}}</ref> and during an  [[strategic bombing|air raid]] of the [[London Blitz|Blitz]] of the [[Second World War]] .<ref>[http://www.stgilescripplegate.org.uk/history/history.htm History of St Giles' without Cripplegate]</ref> German bombs completely gutted the church but it was restored using the plans of the reconstruction of 1545. A new ring of twelve bells was cast by [[Mears and Stainbank]] in 1954, and this was augmented with a sharp second bell cast in 2006 by the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://london.lovesguide.com/giles_cripplegate.htm |title=Love's Guide to the Church Bells of the City of London |access-date=22 September 2010 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085656/http://london.lovesguide.com/giles_cripplegate.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The historic pews, altar and font come from the nearby [[St Luke Old Street]], and were transferred to St Giles when it closed and the parishes were amalgamated in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stgilesnewsite.co.uk/history/|title = St Giles Cripplegate Church}}</ref>
[[File:Tower of Church of St Giles, Cripplegate, and Old Houses in Fore Street, 1884 by Philip Norman.jpg|thumb|Tower of Church of St Giles, Cripplegate, and Old Houses in Fore Street, 1884 by [[Philip Norman (artist)|Philip Norman]]]]
The church was designated a Grade I [[listed building]] on 4 January 1950.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1359183 |access-date=23 January 2009}}</ref>