This building was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War, and its remains now form part of St Paul's Cathedral Choir School.

[3] John Stow, writing at the end of the 16th century called St Augustine's " a fair church," adding that it had been "lately well repaired.

[2] St Augustine's was rebuilt to a design by Christopher Wren; the foundations, revealed by the excavations of 1965, were mostly of re-used stones set in mortar.

[6] Rectors of the church included John Douglas, later Bishop of Carlisle and of Salisbury, from 1764 to 1787, and Richard Harris Barham, author of the Ingoldsby Legends, from 1842 until his death in 1845.

[9] The church cat, named Faith, became quite well known after the air raid which destroyed St Augustine's in the Second World War.

On the morning after the air raid the rector searched through the dangerous ruins for the missing animals, and eventually found Faith, surrounded by smouldering rubble and debris but still guarding the kitten in the spot she had selected three days earlier.

The story of her premonition and rescue eventually reached Maria Dickin, founder of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, and for her courage and devotion Faith was awarded a specially-made silver medal.