St Augustine Papey
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St Augustine Papey was a mediaeval church in the City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...

 situated in what is now Bury Street. First mentioned as " Sci augustini pappey ", it originally belonged to the Priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...

 of Holy Trinity
. By 1430 the emoluments had become so small that it was united with All Hallows-on-the-Wall
All Hallows-on-the-Wall
All Hallows-on-the-Wall is a Church of England church located in the City of London. It is situated adjacent to London Wall, the former city wall, at Broad Street.-History:...

 and in 1442 was appropriated as an almshouse
Almshouse
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...

 for elderly clergy. At the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...

it was demolished and the site built over.
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