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Saint Martin-in-the-Fields
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Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, church in London, England, on Trafalgar Square; built 1721–26 by James Gibbs Gibbs, James, 1682–1754, English architect, b. Scotland, studied in Rome under Carlo Fontana. Returning to England in 1709, he was appointed a member of the commission authorized to build 50 churches in London.
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. It has a Corinthian portico and elaborate spire. It is the prototype for many colonial churches in North America.


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In central London, the magnificent baroque church that bears his name, and faces Trafalgar Square has been a comfort to soldiers and down-and-outs since the first world war, when the Rev Dick Sheppard transformed an almost deserted St Martin-in-the-Fields into one of the most welcoming and truly Christian foundations in the city.
FIVE St Martin-in-the-Fields (11am) The story of a band of around 100 pilgrims, from the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields to Canterbury Cathedral.
Lord Attenborough, whose film Cry Freedom described Wood's fight, told a crowded St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in London: "He was born a white child in a black country, waited on by black servants.
 
 
 
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