- All Hallows Lombard Street
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address =Lombard Street andGracechurch Street ,London
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website =All Hallows Lombard Street was a City church in Langbourn Ward [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46766&strquery=Langbourn%20Ward British History On-line] ] on the corner of
Lombard Street andGracechurch Street ,London . It was mentioned in many guides as, perhaps, the supreme example of subtle beauty within the "Square Mile" [ “The London City Churches”, Norman,P. London, The London Society, 1929] . Hemmed in on all sides by City buildings it was known as the “Hidden Church” [“Sovreign City of London Churches”, Betjeman,J. : Pitkin, Andover, 1967 (rpnt 1992) ISBN 0853725659 p45] .The church was first mentioned in 1054 as in the gift of Christchurch Canterbury [ “Vanished churches of the City of London” Huelin, G: London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996ISBN 0900422424 pp30-31] .The church was gradually added to until a bell tower was added in 1544 [“A Survey of London, Vol I” Stow,J p427 : Originally,1598: this edn-London, A.Fullarton & Co,1890] . The church was badly damaged in the Great Fire [ [http://london.lovesguide.com/allhallows_lombard.htm Church Chronology] ] and rebuilt in 1694 at a cost of £8,058 15s. 6d [ “Churches of the City of London” Reynolds, H: London, Bodley Head, 1922 p120] . An organ built by Renatus Harris was installed in 1695, only being replaced in 1902 by one commissioned from Noble & Sons [“Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce,C.W. London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd 1909] An entry in the Parish record Book for 28th December,1789 states thatJohn Wesley preached atEvensong [ “City of London Parish Registers Guide 4” Hallows,A.(Ed) - M0023878CL( Parish Record Book,1782-1789): London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300] . He recalled an earlier incident where, just as he was about to preach, he realised he had forgotten his sermon, and confided this to the attendant verger.The reply came ”What cannot you trust God for a sermon?” and upon this rebuke I went into the pulpit and preached with much freedom and acceptance; and from that time I have never taken a manuscript with me.
In 1879 ten bells from
St Dionis Backchurch were hung at the church [“The Old Churches of London” Cobb,G: London, Batsford, 1942] , but such optimism could not disguise the stark fact that the residential population of the City was falling, year on year [“The City of London-a history” Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801] . After the first world war the church was earmarked, despite fierce opposition [ “Should All Hallows Lombard Street be destroyed: the case for preservation” Bell,W(Ed) London, W.H & L.Collingridge Ltd, 1936] , for demolition. In 1937 the church was found to be unsafe and demolished [ [http://www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk/churches/londonchurchlocation.htm Church History] ] , the tower, porch and furnishings recycled in the construction of All Hallows, Twickenham [ [http://www.allhallowstwick.org.uk/ New Church web site] ] . The Parish, as stipulated under the Union of Benefices Act 1860 [which permitted the demolition of City churches and mandated the sale of land to build churches in the suburbs] was adjoined to a suitably near neighbourSt Edmund the King and Martyr , now a Centre for Spirituality. The site is now occupied by the offices of a financial institution. A Parish Boundary Mark can be seen in Lombard Street [ See below]References
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