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==Layout of the church== [[Image:St Giles Cripplegate Plan.jpg|center|thumb|upright=2|Interior of St Giles Cripplegate]] [[File:North Aisle of the Church of Saint Giles-without-Cripplegate (East-Facing View - 01).jpg|thumb|right|The north aisle of the church]] # John Milton buried here in 1674 # The altar from [[St Luke Old Street (church)|St. Luke's, Old Street]], which was dismantled in the 1960s due to subsidence. # The east window. Designed by the Nicholson Studios, following the pattern of the original medieval window. # [[Sedilia]] (where the priest sat) and [[piscina]] of the medieval church. # Display cabinet containing the historic treasures of Cripplegate. # John Foxe, author of "''The Book of Martyrs''" is buried here. # Plaque commemorating Sir Martin Frobisher, explorer and sea Captain. # Bust of John Speed, map maker and historian. # Statue of John Milton by [[Horace Montford]]<ref>"London:the City Churches” Pevsner,N/Bradley,S New Haven, Yale, 1998 {{ISBN|0-300-09655-0}}</ref> # The organ. From St. Luke's, Old Street<ref>Pearce,C.W. “Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909</ref> # Bust of Daniel Defoe, author of "''Robinson Crusoe''" and John Milton. # Busts of Oliver Cromwell and John Bunyan, author of "''Pilgrim's Progress''". # Portrait of Dr. William Nicholls, the first Rector of St. Luke's Church and Vicar of St. Giles'. # The West Window – shows the coats of arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, Milton, Cromwell and Frobisher. # The font – from St. Luke's Church. # The Cripplegate Window which celebrates the centenary of the charity The Cripplegate Foundation. # Bust of Sir William Staines, Lord Mayor of London in 1801.<ref>St Giles's Church Guide</ref> {{Coord|51|31|7.38|N|0|5|38.55|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} [[File:St Giles-without-Cripplegate - Nave with Organ.jpg|thumb|View of the nave looking west.]]
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