The church stood immediately to the north east of Paternoster Row [3] in Farringdon Within Ward.

[6] It was in existence by 1181, when it was recorded in a survey of land and churches belonging to St Paul's Cathedral.

[6] St Michael's was rebuilt in 1430, the City having given small strips of land on the north and east sides to allow for its enlargement, and "repaired and beautified" in 1617.

[6] Along with the majority of the parish churches in the City, St Michael-le-Querne was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666.

The site of the church was cleared to allow for the widening of Cheapside, although Richard Newcourt noted that "some small part of one Corner of the Steeple, was for Ornament and Uniformity, added to the Houses there built.