Comments on: The Secrets of Christ Church, Spitalfields

By: Malcolm Thorp

Malcolm Thorp — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:43:22 +0000

I worked at Spitalfields Market ,and got to know the person who would wind the clock every if I remember eight day,s? .He took me up to the clock ,around that dark narrow stone stairway,where he wound the mechanism with heavy chains similar to a cuckoo clock

By: Molly Duran

Molly Duran — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:04:14 +0000

Not understanding why the remains would have been disturbed. Disturbing.

By: Jon tremlett

Jon tremlett — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 05:53:49 +0000

What is the name of the poet who wrote of Hawksmoor,s churches

By: david prescott

david prescott — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:03:03 +0000

first thing i would see in the morning , last thing at night .never needed a watch.played inside it in the park next to it , had my first kiss there too .been up west with friends ,come back and all would get a meal at the golden glove snack van by the gates. drank in the ten bells with great friends next to it .lived opp it worked opp it . met royalty out side it,and most of all one of the best parts of my life around it,and thanks to all i have known around it.what more can i say.

By: lyn tranter

lyn tranter — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 02:16:21 +0000

my great/great/great grandfather married ann maria bosworth in 1828 in that amazing church,his name was william cropper bates and came to australia afterwards,so nice to see some history

By: Sonia Murray

Sonia Murray — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:27:31 +0000

A wonderful article – thank you for a memorable and evocative read! I also enjoyed the article about Dr. Clegg, the keeper of the bodies removed from the crypt. I hope that she will be kind enough to post on London Rootsweb a list of the names, ages, relationships if known, and dates of death from the coffin plates of the dead she has been able to identify. This will a blessing for people whose ancestors lived in Spitalfields, and who are trying to trace their families.

By: Mary Moulder

Mary Moulder — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:39:43 +0000

What a wonderful tour! My Rondeau family attended the church, and John/Jean Rondeau was Sextant. His remains are at the History Museum, and our Whitby,Ontario cousins visited him. There are many of John Rondeau’s family scattered across the USA from Kentucky to Arizona,from Michigan to Washington. Your informative stories keep us connected. Thank you/Marci.

By: Elaine Napier

Elaine Napier — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:03:57 +0000

I love your historic pieces about Spitalfields. This was wonderful. My ancestors were silk/orris weavers in this area, living in Orange Street in 1844. They had connections with St Matthew’s Church and, later, St John of Jerusalem in South Hackney, though my favourite connection is that of my great-great-grandparents, Samuel Appleby and Emma Lambert, who were married in St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square on Christmas Day, 1841. They returned from there to their first marital home at 7 Abbey Street, E2, now renamed as 7 Buckfast Street, E2. If you live there now and are interested in who else lived in your house, please contact me. enapieruk@hotmail.com

By: Marion Clark

Marion Clark — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:42:18 +0000

Thank you so much for a marvellous tour of Christ Church. Some of my ancestors were buried there so with great interest I visited in 1996 and 1997.
Marion in Melbourne, Australia

By: atie quaak

atie quaak — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:02:37 +0000

I very much enjoyed your tour of Spitalfields church. Especially your description of the atmosphere of the place.
Since we are visiting London in a fortnight, I ‘ve planned to visit some of the the churches designed by Hawksmoor. After reading your account of it, I will certainly visit Christ’s Church.
Í’ve been rereading the novel by Peter Ackroyd: Hawksmoor, which appeared in 1985.
If you haven’t read it yet, you really must. The book’s mood reflects exactly your experience of your tour of the church; chilling and awe-inspiring.