St Thomas Church

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For the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, see Thomaskirche.

St Thomas Church, Southwark, London, England, was built sometime in the Medieval period, date unknown. The parish was the grounds of St. Thomas' Hospital. It named after Thomas Becket, but was renamed St Thomas the Apostle following the Reformation.

The church was rebuilt by Thomas Cartwright in 1703. It had a garret that was called the Herb Garret in 1821. In the same year, the Old Operating Theatre was built in the Herb Garret.

Its use as a church became redundant in the late 19th century and was used as the Chapter House of Southwark Cathedral. In the late 20th century it was used as office space by the Chapter Group, an insurance company. The building was undermined by the Jubilee Line workings and repairs have still not been effected (2003) because a dispute between the Jubilee Line and the lease holders.

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[Information from the Old Operating Theatre]

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