. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. , which was socalled from the ancient stone bridge still existing, may be adducedas corroborative evidences of the present church having derivedits name from this construction ; and it is not at all improbable,that the arches in the vaults under the present building may besome of the identical ? bows which designated the church. * thinks it probable that the cognomen was derived fromthe bows, or flying arches, in the old steeple. This conjectureis ingenious, but it falls to the ground when it is recol
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. , which was socalled from the ancient stone bridge still existing, may be adducedas corroborative evidences of the present church having derivedits name from this construction ; and it is not at all improbable,that the arches in the vaults under the present building may besome of the identical ? bows which designated the church. * thinks it probable that the cognomen was derived fromthe bows, or flying arches, in the old steeple. This conjectureis ingenious, but it falls to the ground when it is recollected thatthe steeple was only built in the sixteenth century, and that thechurch was known by its present name at least five centuriesearlier. The earliest erection of the church is involved in obscurity. In November, 1091, according to Stow, the building was damagedby a violent hurricane. In the 56th Hen. III. the v Kal ofFeverer, the vere of our L. AMcclxx, the stepil of the chirch ofSeynt Marie at the Bowe fel down in Chepe, and perysed moche * Lond. Red. vol. ii, p. Bow Chunk fJSO. H®^E A P S I I) £> mStandard
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