St Vedast Foster Lane

Saint Vedast Foster Lane or Saint Vedast-alias-Foster, a church in Foster Lane, in the , is dedicated to St. Vedast, a French saint whose cult arrived in England through contacts with Augustinian clergy.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in City of London, UK
  • Also known as: Saint Vedast Foster Lane”, “Saint Vedast-alias-Foster”, “St Vedast”, and “St Vedast alias Foster
  • Address: Foster Lane, London

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Paul’s Cathedral and London Bridge.

Church
St Paul's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Paul the Apostle, is an Anglican cathedral in , the seat of the Bishop of London. is situated 660 feet southwest of St Vedast Foster Lane.

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the between the and in since Roman times. is situated 3,200 feet southeast of St Vedast Foster Lane.

Metro station
St Paul's is a London Underground station located in the financial district. The station, which takes its name from the nearby , is on the Central line between and Bank stations. is situated 330 feet west of St Vedast Foster Lane.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smithfield and Barbican Estate.

Neighborhood
, properly known as West , is a district located in , part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the , England.

Quarter
The , or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central , England, within the .

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is in , specifically the south-west corner of the .

St Vedast Foster Lane

Latitude
51.51489° or 51° 30′ 54″ north
Longitude
-0.09612° or 0° 5′ 46″ west
Inception
1673
Open location code
9C3XGW73+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 356857428
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q7595600
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Japanese—“St Vedast Foster Lane” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Vedast Foster Lane”. Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.