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Allhallows Staining in Langbourne Ward or Allhallows in Mark Lane.

“Commonly called Stane church (as may be supposed) for a difference from other churches of that name in this city, which of old time were built of timber and since were built of stone.” – Stow, p. 77.

This old church escaped the Fire, and will repay examination. The living is in the gift of the Grocers’ Company. The great Scottish patriot, Sir William Wallace, was lodged as a prisoner, on his first arrival in London, in the house of William de Leyre, a citizen in the parish of All Saints, Fenchurch-street, i.e., Allhallows Staining, at the end of Fenchurch-street.

Source: A Handbook for London, Past and Present. Peter Cunningham. Published by John Murray 1849.