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…

St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London

St. Martin-in-the-Fields is an Anglican church situated on the north-eastern corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. There has been a church situated on this site since medieval times and the current building dates from 1722-26. The church was designed by James Gibbs in the Neoclassical style. The west front has a…

St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London

Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great This church, founded as an Augustinian Priory in 1123 by Rahere, is situated in the West Smithfield area of the City of London. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in the City and is the outstanding Norman church despite many restorations. The church partially survived the…