St Giles-without-Cripplegate is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on Fore Street within the modern Barbican complex.
[2] The church is dedicated to St Giles, patron saint of handicapped and infirm people of many different kinds.
It is one of the few medieval churches left in the City of London, having survived the Great Fire of 1666.
[7] [1545] The xii day of September at iiii of cloke in the mornynge was sent Gylles church at Creppyl gatte burnyd, alle hole save the walles, stepull, belles and alle, and how it came God knoweth.
The church has been badly damaged by fire on three occasions: In 1545, in 1897[8] and during an air raid of the Blitz of the Second World War .