https://livinglondonhistory.com/my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://livinglondonhistory.com/my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london/#comment-2656 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:45:47 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=188200#comment-2656 […] My Top Ten Historic Churches In London […]

]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london/#comment-1590 Tue, 14 May 2024 11:05:18 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=188200#comment-1590 Thank you so much for your insightful and highly interesting posts. I have lived in London all my life, apart from a couple of years spent elsewhere, and I love this grimy, heaving, wonderful city of ours. Its thousands of years old history is something that inspires my work, and fills me with great pride.
A favourite church of mine can be found in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. At the far end of a little known area of London named Plumstead, the Ancient Parish Church Of Saint Nicholas can be found. Its foundations were laid in the 9 hundreds, it has (if memory serves) an archway and I think the knave which were built in William the Conquerors reign, the steeple tower, steeple and the castellated back of the church were built in the middle of the 17th Century, the front of the church was restored in the latter half of the 19th Century and was later restored when it was bombed by the Germans in WWII. Yet when you step inside, despite the many architectural eras, it somehow looks completely uniform, and you are engulfed in the most beautiful sensation of utter peace. You can no longer hear anything of the hustle and bustle of the Outer London high street outside, or the screams of the police sirens on cars from the large purpose built police station and court just down the road. The architecture, stained glass windows, large pipe organ, statues, and painted altar screen are all true works of art in their own rights. When I was a young girl there was an iron mooring ring on the back corner of the church where the River Thames used to come right up to the back. It is living history as well as being an ancient place of worship, and that is one of the things I love the most about it.

]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london/#comment-1549 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 19:44:40 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=188200#comment-1549 Thank you Jack very interesting I love visiting churches, especially London Churches. Now the weather is getting a little warmer, and evenings brighter. It is time for my friends and I to get out our Rail Card and get up to London. We bring a pack lunch, sit by the river and watch life go by.

]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london/#comment-1540 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:23:22 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=188200#comment-1540 I recently discovered the Fitzrovia Chapel the only remaining part of the Middlesex hospital (I think)
This small chapel has the most ornate and intricate walls and floors!
I can’t think of a better word than gobsmacked when I went in!

]]> https://livinglondonhistory.com/my-top-ten-historic-churches-in-london/#comment-1537 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:28:27 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=188200#comment-1537 Thank you for your excellent posts, your research and information is appreciated. Have only visited Temple. Church and will visit the others on next trip.
Alana
Sydney, Australia
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