Building    From 1820  To 1899

St Mary Moorfields

Categories: Religion

Catholic church built by architect John Newman in 1820. Replaced in 1902 by the church of the same name in the north section of Eldon Street.

From the church's website: "As the permanent seat of the Vicar Apostolic, it served as Cardinal Wiseman's pro-cathedral 1852 - 1870."

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St Mary Moorfields

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St Mary Moorfields

Site of St Mary Moorfields, Pro Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church 1852 -...

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Greyfriars Monastery

Greyfriars Monastery

A monastery was established here by the grey-habited Franciscans. Following the dissolution of the monasteries the church was renamed Christchurch and in 1552 the remains of the monastery were conv...

Place, Religion

2 memorials
Lucian Tapiede

Lucian Tapiede

Anglican from Papua New Guinea, was killed during the Japanese invasion.

Person, Religion, Tragedy, Papua New Guinea

1 memorial
All Hallows the Less

All Hallows the Less

This medieval church was destroyed, along with most of the churches in the City, by the Great Fire in 1666. In 1670 Parliament passed a Rebuilding Act and a committee was set up under the stewardsh...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Clapham Sect

Clapham Sect

A group of evangelical Christians, who worshipped at Holy Trinity Church in Clapham and centred on William Wilberforce, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and other religious, philanthropi...

Group, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Religion

4 memorials
Rev. Henry Allon

Rev. Henry Allon

Born near Hull.  Joint pastor of the Islington Union Chapel from 1843/4 with Thomas Lewis, taking sole charge on Lewis's death in 1852, until his own death.   Friends with Gladstone and Asquith (wh...

Person, Religion

1 memorial