All Hallows by the Tower

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020 7481 2928

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All Hallows by the Tower was founded in 675AD and a Saxon arch from the original church remains. Located next to the Tower of London, the church has dealt with numerous beheaded bodies, including those of Thomas More, John Fisher and Archbishop Laud. Samuel Pepys watched the Great Fire of London from the tower of the church. Wiliam Penn was baptised in the church and John Quincy Adams was married here. The church was badly bombed in the blitz and 'Tubby' Clayton, Vicar at All Hallows and founder of Toc H, oversaw the rebuilding. All Hallows has an active education programme, offers historic guided tours and has a brass rubbing centre.

Venue Type:

Sacred space

Opening hours

Mon-Sat 9.00-17.00 and Sun 11.00-13.00
Open all year

Admission charges

Free

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Foreign language audio guide available
Guided tours
Pre-booking service for groups
Gardens open to public
Shop

Children and families

Activities for pre-school children
Events and resources for children and families
Baby changing facilities

Disability access

Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
Large print information and/or interpretation
Touch exhibits
Toilets for disabled

Schools services and facilities

Direct teaching services for schools
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Education facilities available
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups

Commercial and hire services

Facilities for private functions and events
Meeting room available

Byward Street
London
City of London
EC3R 5BJ
England

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Includes Roman and Saxon artefacts from Tower Hill and the surrounding area. Collections of historical objects and records from All Hallows by the Tower and St Dunstans in the East. The Crypt Musuem located in the Undercroft of All Hallows by the Tower also has a range of fascinating obects, including Shackleton's crows nest, model ships and a Knights Templar altar.

Collection details

Religion, Maritime, Archives, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

Grinling Gibbons font cover
Tate Panel
Last Supper painting
Roman and Saxon artefacts
Shackletons crows nest
Knights Templar altar
Model ships
Toc H and Tubby Clayton artefacts

Collections services

Public access available to collections information

Byward Street
London
City of London
EC3R 5BJ
England

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http://www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk/EDUCATION%20LEAFLET.pdf

Telephone

020 7481 2928

Fax

020 7481 2928

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.

Face to face resources

The Art of All Hallows Workshop

Children will discover how artists and craftspeople have enhanced the All Hallows building, how it is cared for, and how it functions as a place of worship. They will make observational drawings, investigating the visual and tactile qualities of the building. Clergy will explain the meanings of the signs and symbols in the church, looking at the tower, chapels, pulpit, font, pews, aisles and altar and decorative characteristics such as carvings, statuary, decorative brickwork, arches and stained glass.
Practical work includes a choice of: stained glass window decorating, textile design, block printing or making relief panels from air-drying clay.

How to obtain

Please contact Helen Elletson, the Education Officer to reserve your preferred date(s) on 020 7481 2928 or helen@ahbtt.org.uk for further information and to make a booking. You are welcome to make a preliminary visit to All Hallows before bringing your pupils. We will be pleased to discuss your class‘s individual needs. Recommended donation of £1 per child, accompanying adults are free of charge.

Resources

The History of All Hallows Workshop

http://www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk/EDUCATION%20LEAFLET.pdf

Children will discover All Hallows and its key features as a local history case study, analyzing the church through Roman, Saxon, Medieval, Victorian and present day periods.
They will study resources such as copies of archival records, quotations from parish books, the census, maps, and pictures of All Hallows pre- and post- bombing.
They will examine the church’s responsibilities to its community, such as giving money to the poor, the importance of the collection and its use as a place of worship.
This workshop includes a practical activity based on the medieval brasses or mosaics.

How to obtain

Byward Street
London
City of London
EC3R 5BJ
England

Website

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Museum Enquiries