All Hallows, Bow

All Hallows, Bow (also known as All Hallows, Devons Road), is an Anglican church in Bow, London, England. It is within the Diocese of London.^[1]

All Hallows, Bow
Church of All Hallows, Bromley by Bow
All Hallows, Bow
51°31′14″N 0°01′12″W
Location	1 Blackthorn Street, London, E3 PN
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	allhallowsbow.org
Administration
Diocese	London
Clergy
Rector	Cris Rogers

History

The church was built in 1873–1874 to the design of Ewan Christian, an eminent Victorian church architect.^[2] The construction of the church was funded by the Clothworkers' Company, who used the proceeds from the demolition in 1873 of All Hallows Staining in the City of London for the project.^[3] The church was damaged by bombing in the Second World War and was rebuilt in 1954–1955 by A P Robinson who retained only the core of the original building and created a new church in the "Early Christian" style.^[4] In 2001, the nave was divided by a screen to create a church hall.^[3] The church is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Diocese of London.

The church's Rector is Cris Rogers. In 2010, he led a planting team from St Paul's, Shadwell, to All Hallows, Bow.^[5] He served as a curate at the church from 2010 to 2014,^[6] while Ric Thorpe was Priest-in-Charge.^[7] An official re-licensing ceremony took place in 2015. Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney, presided over the ceremony. A growing number of people had been gathering in the church to worship before this date.

All Hallows is part of the Bow Group of Anglican churches, together with Bow Church (St Mary and Holy Trinity); St Paul's, Bow Common; St Paul's, Old Ford and St Barnabas Bethnal Green.^[8]

References

1. "All Hallows, Bow". The Church of England. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
2. "Christian, Ewan - All Hallows, Devons Road, Bow". londonchurchbuildings.com. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
3. Howse, Christopher (13 August 2010). "'Wren's tall tower in Twickenham'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2013. Of another church that survived the Fire of London, All Hallows Staining, the medieval tower can still be seen in Mark Lane in the City. It was saved by the Clothworkers' Company in 1873, when the rest of the church was pulled down. With money from the sale of the site, All Hallows, Bow, was built, but this too was bombed in the Second World War. Its replacement in Devons Road, built in the mid 1950s, reused the core of the Victorian church, but in 2001 the nave was divided off to provide a hall.
4. Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nicholas, eds. (2005). The Buildings of England: London 5, East. London: Yale University Press. pp. 603–604. ISBN 0-300-10701-3.
5. "'Related churches'". Holy Trinity Brompton. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
6. "Christopher Ian Rogers". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
7. "Richard Charles Thorpe". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
8. "Independent Examiner's Report to the PCC of St Paul and St Mark Old Ford". Charity Commission for England and Wales. 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

External links

• Official website