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History of the united parishes of St Botolph Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories:
The first recorded mention of Saint Botolph Aldgate is in 1115, when the Knighten Guild gave the church to the Priory of Holy Trinity, Aldgate. Botolph was a 7th century Saxon Abbot and the patron saint of travellers, so his churches were usually situated at the city gates. The church became Crown property in 1532 when the priory was dissolved. The church was rebuilt in 1740-44 by George Dance. The interior was redesigned in 1887-91 by John Francis Bentley; and repairs were carried out in 1958-66. Author Daniel Defoe was married in this church; and philosopher Jeremy Bentham was christened here.
The parish of Holy Trinity Minories was united to the parish of St Botolph Aldgate in 1893 and the church building was closed in 1899. The parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate lies partly within the liberties of the City (this area is co-terminous with Portsoken Ward) and partly outside the City in Middlesex including East Smithfield, the precinct of Saint Katharine by the Tower and (from 1893) the parish of Holy Trinity Minories.
Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).