St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Dedicated in honour of Saint Martin of Tours, there has be
The church in 2023
St Martin-in-the-Fields and Charing Cross, circa 1562
Interior of St Martin-in-the-Fields
"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folksong, and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Ro
St Martin-in-the-Fields
…The St Mary's Church in Pune is designed in the style of St Martin's. The church may be the St Martin's referred to in the nursery rhyme known as Oranges and Lemons. The church has a close relationship with the royal family, whose parish church it is, as well as with 10 Downing Street and the Admiralty…
Panorama of London in 1543 from a 19th-century engraving by Nathaniel Whittock from a drawing by Antony van den Wyngaerde (c. 1543–50), showing the towers and spires of many of the churches mentioned in the rhyme
Playing Oranges and Lemons. Picture by Agnes Rose Bouvier Nicholl, 1874
Statue of the game in Surrey, England