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Christ Church Spitalfields is an Anglican church built between 1714 and 1729 to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor. On Commercial Street in the East End and in today's Central London it is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, on its western border facing the City of London, it was one of the first of the so-called "Commissioners ...
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Famed for the eloquence of its stonework, Christ Church Spitalfields is also full of fascinating human stories. In the 1980s a project to excavate 1,000 bodies from its crypt helped to change the way archaeological dating is done.
A major restoration was completed in 2004 and the redeveloped crypt opened in 2015. Historical records of weddings and baptisms are available at the London Metropolitan Archive. All are welcome for visits exploring faith, architecture, history, the Huguenots, immigration, and Christianity.
Christ Church Spitalfields (1714–1729) Christ Church was built under the Act of Parliament of 1711 which required the building of fifty new churches to serve the new populations on the fringes of London.
Our mission at Christ Church is to Follow Jesus, Build Life Together and Renew East London. We believe that Jesus had a radical way of living that saw healing, freedom and renewal. We want the same for our lives and all in East London.
Christ Church Spitalfields. • Christ Church, Spitalfields was built between 1714 and 1729 to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Situated on in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, it was one of the first (and arguably one of the finest) of the so-called ‘Commissioners' Churches’ built for the ‘Commission for Building Fifty New Churches ...
