All Hallows Staining

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All Hallows Staining was an Church of England church located at the junction of Fenchurch Avenue and Billiter Street in the north- eastern corner of Langbourn ward in the City of London, close to Fenchurch Street railway station [G.Huelin. "Vanished Churches of the City of London." Guildhall Library Publication, London, 1996. ISBN 0900422424] All that remains of the church is the tower, built around 1320 as part of the second church on the site.

The first mention of the church was in the late 12th century [N.Pevsner, and S.Bradley. "London:the City Churches". Yale, 1998. ISBN 0300096550] . It was named "Staining", which means stone, to distinguish it from the other churches of All Hallows in the City of London, which were wooden [The Visitors Guide to the City of London Churches" Tucker,T: London, Friends of the City Churches, 2006 ISBN 0955394503] .

The old church survived the Great Fire of London in 1666 but collapsed five years later in 1671. It was thought its foundations had been weakened by too many burials in the churchyard close to the church walls. The church was rebuilt in 1674.

The parishes of All Hallows Staining and nearby St Olave Hart Street were combined in 1870 [John Betjeman. "The City of London Churches". Pikin, Andover, 1967. ISBN 0853721122] . At that time All Hallows Staining was demolished, leaving only the tower ["London:the City Churches"Pevsner,N/Bradley,S : New Haven, Yale, 1998 ISBN 0300096550] .

St Olave Hart Street was badly damaged by bombs in 1941, during the Second World War. Between 1948 and 1954, when the restored St Olave's was reopened, a prefabricated church stood on the site of All Hallows Staining. This was known as St Olave Mark Lane. The tower of All Hallows Staining was used as the of the temporary church.

The tower of All Hallows Staining is maintained by the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, one of the livery companies of the City of London. In 1957 the Clothworkers' Company built a church hall for St Olave Hart Street on the site of All Hallows Staining. The old tower now stands at the back of a small courtyard next to the new hall.

ee also

*List of churches and cathedrals of London

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