All Hallows-on-the-Wall

Coordinates: 51°30′59.77″N 0°5′3.60″W / 51.5166028°N 0.0843333°W / 51.5166028; -0.0843333
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All Hallows-on-the-Wall
London

All Hallows-on-the-Wall is a Church of England church located in the City of London. Its name refers to its location, inside and adjacent to London Wall, the former city wall.[1]

Current use

From 2014 All Hallows became the headquarters of the urban youth charity XLP,[2] and the home of City Gates Church, London.[3] XLP creates positive futures for young people in impoverished urban areas. It combats bullying and intimidation, weapons, and gangs. It develops a response to boredom due to a lack of organised activities, absent parents, and living in areas with a high crime rate. The church is often used to host XLP events and has received an annual visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

City Gates Church is a congregation with roots in the British New Church Movement, and Ichthus Christian Fellowship. It meets at All Hallows at 11am every week, and is the first community to hold regular services there since 1941. City Gates builds on All Hallows’ previous traditions of serving the poor. It runs the Better Job Project, English Conversation Classes, live music nights and other events. Covid19 brought activities to a halt. The church resumed its meetings in September 2021, and returned to serving the community with its projects in December 2022.

History

The present church was constructed by George Dance the Younger in 1767,[4] replacing an earlier church built some time in the early 12th century on a bastion of the old Roman wall.[5] It became renowned for its hermits, who lived in cells in the church. All Hallows escaped destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666 due to its position under the wall, but subsequently fell into dereliction.

Dance rebuilt the church when he was only 24 years old.

Temple of Venus and Rome in the city of Rome. Attached Ionic columns support a frieze, rather than the usual entablature. The exterior is plain and of brick, except for the stone-faced tower above the porch at the west end.[8]

The church was noted for its work in offering its services to the poor; many workers, including women in domestic service, would take the early trains into the City to avoid peak fares. A demand for services and refreshment in the Parish led to the vicar of the church, the Reverend Sir Montague Fowler, 4th Baronet, third son of Sir John Fowler,[9] to operate services for their benefit. This was a popular initiative (which also had tents constructed in the churchyard to provide refreshments) which led to the construction of the buildings behind the church which were to be used as an educational institute. Because of this the church had one of the largest congregations in the City at a time when many City churches were beginning to seem redundant.

All Hallows was damaged during the

Greenbelt festivals
(an arts festival with a Christian viewpoint and a partner of Christian Aid).

The church was designated a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950.[11]

Notable parishioners

  • Robert Woodford
    , a lawyer who is best known as the author of an extensive diary that covers the period 1637-1641, married Hannah Haunch at All Hallows in 1635.
  • Samuel John Stone was Rector of All Hallows until 1900.

See also

  • List of churches and cathedrals of London

References

  1. ^ "The City of London Churches: monuments of another age" Quantrill, E; Quantrill, M p94: London; Quartet; 1975
  2. ^ "Home". XLP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Home | City Gates Church in the City". City Gates City. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. ^ “The Old Churches of London” Cobb, G: London, Batsford, 1942
  5. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
  6. ISBN 0-85372-112-2
  7. ISBN 0-9553945-0-3
  8. ^ Godwin, George; John Britton (1839). The Churches of London: A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis. London: C. Tilt.
  9. Who Was Who. A & C Black/Oxford University Press
    . Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  10. ISBN 0-300-09655-0
  11. ^ Historic England. "Church of All Hallows (1064632)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 January 2009.

External links

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