Note 562 — Chapter IX · BRIDE’S BAIRNS
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It is quite improbable that there was any foundation for Stow’s surmise that the epithet Poor was applied to the parish of St. Peter in Brode Street, “for a difference from others of that name, sometimes peradventure a poor parish”. It is, however, possible that the church was dedicated to Peter the Hermit, i.e., the poor Peter.