Church of St. Barnabas, Pimlico

The Church of St. Barnabas is a parish church of the Church of England situated in the area of Pimlico in Central London. The church is noted for being the first church to be built with the avowed intention of carrying out in practice the religious and pastoral ideals of the Oxford Movement. The church…

St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn

St. Alban’s Church is a Church of England church located in the central London area of Holborn. The site for the church was given by William Henry, 2nd Baron Leigh. Funds for the building of the church were given by John Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington. The church was designed by William Butterfield in 1859 in…

St. Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road

St. Stephen’s is an Anglican church located on the corner of Gloucester Road and Southwell Gardens in the South Kensington area of London. The parish was created in 1866 due to the increasing population of this part of London. This was in part due to the 1851 Great Exhibition which resulted in a rapid expansion…

English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill

This is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Prescot Street near to Tower Hill. It was founded by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1865. A part of their mission is to ‘evangelize the abandoned poor.’ The foundation stone for the English Martyrs Church was laid 18th May, 1873 by Cardinal Henry Manning,…

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street

This church, more commonly known as Farm Street Church is a Catholic parish church located in the Mayfair area of Central London. It is run by the Society of Jesus. It’s main entrance is on Farm Street but it can also be accessed from the adjacent Mount Street Gardens. The Jesuits first began looking for…

Church of St. Monica’s Priory, Hoxton

This is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Hoxton area of London’s East End. It was built in 1866 to designs by E W Pugin. It is located on Hoxton Square and is a Grade II listed building. The Order of St. Augustine was invited in 1864 to start a mission for the…

St. Botolph without Aldgate

This is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, and as it is located just outside the city’s former eastern walls, a part of East London. It is one of four churches (three surviving) which is dedicated to the 7th century Saxon abbot, St Botolph or Botwulf who became the patron…

Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane – London

Corpus Christi is a Roman Catholic church located on Maiden Lane, Covent Garden in the City of Westminster area of London. The church building is in the Early English Gothic style and was designed by Frederick Hyde Pownall. The foundation stone was laid in 1873 on the site which had been leased to the parish…

St. Katherine Cree, London

This church, located in Leadenhall in the Aldgate Ward of the City of London was founded in 1280. The present building dates from 1628-30. It was built in the grounds of Holy Trinity Priory to provide a lay church so as to not interfere with the devotions of the canons of the Augustinian monastery. ‘Cree’…

Brompton Oratory, London

Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Brompton Oratory, is home to the Congregation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri in London, a community of priests living under the rule of life established by its founder in the sixteenth century. The Oratory also serves as a parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster…

All Saints Margaret Street, London

This is an Anglican church situated on Margaret Street in the Fitzrovia area of London. The church was built between 1850 and 1859 and was designed by the architect, William Butterfield. It has been hailed as Butterfield’s masterpiece and also a pioneering building of the High Victorian Gothic Style. The foundation stone was laid on…

St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London

This Anglican church is situated in Farringdon Without, City of London. The church was first founded between 988 and 1070. It is one of two churches, at opposite ends of the City, dedicated to this saint. St. Dunstan was a Saxon Abbot of Glastonbury and Archbishop of Canterbury. The medieval church survived the Great Fire…