About All Hallows by Tower, London:
Located in the city of London an ancient Anglican is located which is the All Hallows by Tower, from the famous Tower of London just uphill.
The history of the All Hallows by Tower:
By the now-defunct Saxon Barking Abbey in 675 was first established the All Hallows by Tower and as the “All Hallows Barking” named after the abbey was for many years. On the site of a former Roman building was built the church, in the crypt traces of which have been discovered.
Between the 11th century and 15th century several times the All Hallows by Tower church was expanded and rebuilt. It acquired royal connections meant that to the Tower All Hallows’ proximity, a royal chantry with Edward IV making it and at All Hallows by Tower being sent for temporary burial the beheaded victims of Tower executions.
In 1649 by a nearby explosion was badly damage the All Hallows by Tower church, its west tower which demolished, and in 1666 the Great Fire of London only narrowly survived the All Hallows by Tower. To Admiral William Penn it owed its survival, of Pennsylvania fame father of William Penn, to create firebreaks demolished by having the surrounding buildings who saved it.
In 1926 many feet below the All Hallows by Tower church were discovered a Roman pavement and many artifacts. In the late 19th century was restored, by the Blitz in World War II All Hallows by Tower was gutted and extensive reconstruction required, in 1957 only being rededicated.
At the All Hallows by Tower what to see:
Survived the war many portions of the old church the All Hallows by Tower and have been restored sympathetically again and again. Overall like an upside down boat looks the interior. The longstanding nautical connections it reflects. In the 15th century were built its outer wall, surviving from the original All Hallows by Tower church with a 7th century Saxon doorway. In the interior remain many brasses and a brass rubbing center the church houses to the visitors which is open.
There are other notable features in the All Hallows by Tower which includes three wooden statues of saints what are outstanding from the 15th century and 16 century dating, among the three one of St James Compostella which dates from the year 1484 and believed to have been carved by Grinling Gibbons in 1682 an exquisite font cover, in London as one of the finest of the carving by many which is regarded.
There is the altar tomb of Alderman John Croke which built in 1477 in the northeast corner of the All Hallows by Tower, by the air raid of 1940 what was destroyed but from over 150 fragments completely restored.
The Undercroft Museum is the downstairs in the All Hallows by Tower, of communion place and a crypt with the treasury. On the Second Crusade by the King Richard II believed to have been carried an altar the latter contains.
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