Saint Albans Wood Street A Handbook for London 1849

Alban’s (Saint), Wood Street. A church in Cripplegate Ward; a piece of Well-proportioned quasi-Gothic, built in the years 1684-5 by Sir Christopher Wren. There is a curious old hour-glass attached to the pulpit. The church described by Stow was taken down in 1632, and the new one built in its stead was burnt in the Great Fire.

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