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St Mary le Strand (parish)
St Mary le Strand
was an ancient parish in the metropolitan area of
London
, England. It was partly within the
Liberty of the Savoy
and partly within the
Liberty of Westminster
. It took its name from the church of
St Mary and the Innocents
. The church was demolished in 1548 during the construction of
Somerset House
and not rebuilt until 1723. The parish was
de facto
merged with the
Precinct of the Savoy
as "St Mary Savoy", but an attempt to merge the parishes
de jure
in the early 18th century failed. It was restored as a separate parish following the construction of the
New Church in the Strand
in 1723. The parish was grouped into the Strand Poor Law Union in 1836 and the
Strand District
in 1855. In 1889 it became part of the
County of London
and the
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster
from 1900. It was abolished as a
civil parish
in 1922.
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