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whole was pulled down by order of the Protector 
Somerset, who used some of the material in building 
Somerset House. It was on that occasion that the 
cartloads of bones were removed to Finsbury Fields. 
There, covered with earth, they made a solid, con¬ 
spicuous hill on which windmills were erected. It was 
part of this same ground which has already been referred 
to as Bunhill Fields. Great as was the damage done by 
the Fire, perhaps no site has been so completely altered as 
that of St. Paul’s. The modern cathedral, dearly loved 
by all Londoners, stands at quite a different angle from 
the old one, the western limit of which is marked by the 
statue of Queen Anne. Nestling close to the south-west 
corner of the great Gothic cathedral with its lofty spire, 
was the parish church of St. Gregory, and the crypt was 
the parish church of St. Faith’s. Both these parishes 
were allocated a portion of the churchyard for their 
burials. 
To the north-east of the cathedral stood Paul’s 
Cross, the out-door pulpit whence many notable sermons 
were preached. It is described by Stowe. “ About the 
middest of this Churchyard is a pulpit-crosse of timber, 
mounted upon steps of stone, and covered with Lead, in 
which are Sermons preached by learned Divines, every 
Sunday in the fore-noone. The very antiquity of which 
Crosse is to me unknowne.”’ The earliest scene he 
records as taking place at this “ crosse,” was when 
Henry III., in 1259, commanded the Mayor to cause 
“ every stripling of twelve years of age and upward to 
assemble there,” to swear “ to be true to the King and 
his heires, Kings of England.” In later times, the most 
distinguished preachers of the day were summoned to 
preach before the Court and the Mayor, Aldermen and 
