All Hallows, Bow Explained

All Hallows, Bow
Fullname:Church of All Hallows, Bromley by Bow
Coordinates:51.5205°N -0.0201°W
Denomination:Church of England
Diocese:London
Country:United Kingdom
Location:1 Blackthorn Street, London, E3 PN
Website:allhallowsbow.org
Rector:Cris Rogers

All Hallows, Bow (also known as All Hallows, Devons Road), is an Anglican church in Bow, London, England. It is within the Diocese of London.[1]

History

The church was built in 1873–1874 to the design of Ewan Christian, an eminent Victorian church architect.[2] The construction of the church was funded by the Clothworkers' Company, who used the proceeds from the demolition in 1873 of All Hallows Staining in the City of London for the project.[3] The church was damaged by bombing in the Second World War and was rebuilt in 1954–1955 by A P Robinson who retained only the core of the original building and created a new church in the "Early Christian" style.[4] In 2001, the nave was divided by a screen to create a church hall.[3] The church is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Diocese of London.

The church's Rector is Cris Rogers. In 2010, he led a planting team from St Paul's, Shadwell, to All Hallows, Bow.[5] He served as a curate at the church from 2010 to 2014, while Ric Thorpe was Priest-in-Charge. An official re-licensing ceremony took place in 2015. Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney, presided over the ceremony. A growing number of people had been gathering in the church to worship before this date.

All Hallows is part of the Bow Group of Anglican churches, together with Bow Church (St Mary and Holy Trinity); St Paul's, Bow Common; St Paul's, Old Ford and St Barnabas Bethnal Green.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All Hallows, Bow . The Church of England . 13 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Christian, Ewan - All Hallows, Devons Road, Bow . . 9 November 2013 . londonchurchbuildings.com . 1 May 2017.
  3. News: Howse . Christopher . 'Wren's tall tower in Twickenham' . . 13 August 2010 . 13 April 2013. Of another church that survived the Fire of London, All Hallows Staining, the medieval tower can still be seen in Mark Lane in the City. It was saved by the Clothworkers' Company in 1873, when the rest of the church was pulled down. With money from the sale of the site, All Hallows, Bow, was built, but this too was bombed in the Second World War. Its replacement in Devons Road, built in the mid 1950s, reused the core of the Victorian church, but in 2001 the nave was divided off to provide a hall..
  4. Book: Cherry . Bridget . O'Brien . Charles . Pevsner . Nicholas . Nicholas Pevsner . 2005 . The Buildings of England: London 5, East . London . Yale University Press . 603–604 . 0-300-10701-3 .
  5. Web site: 'Related churches' . . 13 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130330072140/http://www.htb.org.uk/about-htb/related-churches . 30 March 2013 . dead. dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Independent Examiner's Report to the PCC of St Paul and St Mark Old Ford . Charity Commission for England and Wales . 2016 . 7 March 2024.