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Multi-periodSite Name: All Hallows by the TowerCountry: 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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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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