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Multi-periodSite Name: All Hallows by the Tower
Country: England
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County: Greater London Type: Museum
 Nearest Village: City of London
Map Ref: TQ3337380695
Latitude: 51.509451N  Longitude: 0.079522W
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All Hallows by the Tower
All Hallows by the Tower submitted by Creative Commons : All Hallows by the Tower, Byward Street, London EC3 Creative Commons photo by Christine Matthews (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Crypt Museum under the church leads you on a fascinating journey through time, charting the history of the church, its people and the City of London. The museum is in part of the original Saxon church and contains part of the Roman tessellated floor of a late 2nd Century domestic house, a collection of Roman and Saxon artefacts, church plate and ancient registers dating back to the 16th century.

There is a model of Roman London showing the principal buildings of a great administrative capital. Made by Capt Lowther in 1928, it shows London Bridge as it was about AD 400, almost on the exact site as that of todays.

In the west of the nave is a Saxon Arch is believed to be the oldest surviving within the City. It is a reminder of the foundation of the church in the second half of the 7th century. Roman tiles are set into the arch which is without a keystone and is large for the period, suggesting a larger church building on this site.

The full extent of the arch was revealed in 1940, when the bomb blast which destroyed the medieval church blew down the wall which was covering it. Saxon artefacts, including the base and part of the top of a wheelhead cross fell out of the nave pillars, and can now be seen in the Undercroft Museum.

Source: https://www.ahbtt.org.uk/visit/

Note: See on our page for a Roman remain in London I wasn't aware of - the section of pavement in All Hallows by the Tower church, which also has Saxon remnants and a little museum in the crypt
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All Hallows by the Tower
All Hallows by the Tower submitted by Creative Commons : Roman Pavement, All Hallows by the Tower, Great Tower Street, London All Hallows by the Tower is the oldest church in the City of London and a living church serving today's City community. It is one of the few London churches that escaped the Great Fire; but the cumulative effect of a series of drastic restorations has been very largely to obliterate the structural evidences of the development o... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: All Hallows by the Tower Saxon Arch by Anonymous on Thursday, 15 June 2023
The article says All Hallows was founded by the Abbey of Barking, a 12th century Benedictine foundation, so it’s hard to see how the church could be 7th century. In the case of Barking Abbey, despite its wealth Historic England reported that not even the foundations survive and the ruins have been dated 12th century.

A detailed Wiki article points out that "The origin and early history of All Hallows-by-the-Tower church are obscure"

and this sense of caution is echoed by church archaeologists/ historians questioning its claim to be "the oldest church in the City of London"

"Recent research, and archaeological evidence that Roman tiles and stone were being used in the construction of other London churches as late as the 11th century, suggest that the arch could have been constructed at any time between the 7th century and the arrival of the Normans.[6][5] Fragments of three 11th-century stone crosses also found during archeological work in the 1930s and clearance works after the bombing,[9] now displayed in the crypt, also date from this first church"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Hallows-by-the-Tower


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All Hallows by the Tower Beating the Bounds Podcast by Andy B on Thursday, 08 June 2023
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Beating the Bounds is an ancient custom still observed in many English parishes. Its roots go back to mediaeval times when parishes reaffirmed their boundaries by processing round them at Rogationtide, stopping to beat each boundary mark with wands and to pray for protection and blessings for the land. At All Hallows they beat the bounds on Ascension Day.

As part of the City of London's Our City Together digital cultural season, they produced a podcast about the Beating of the Bounds with three city clergy - Laura Jorgensen, Rector of St Botolph without Aldgate, Katherine Hedderly, Vicar of All Hallows by the Tower, and Roger Hall, Chaplain to the Tower of London - discussing the origins and meaning of the ceremony. You can listen to the podcast HERE.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laura-jorgensen/episodes/Beating-the-Bounds-in-the-City-of-London-ee1pac

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All Hallows by the Tower Saxon Arch by Andy B on Thursday, 08 June 2023
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Photos of the Saxon arch are here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hornbeam/2314333592/
and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hornbeam/2313521047/
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