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St Alban's Church, Holborn

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and significant ritual elements (e.g. the lighting of altar candles and the cleansing of eucharistic vessels at the altar). St Alban's was the first Anglican church to hold the three-hour devotion on Good Friday (in 1864) and one of the first to celebrate a Harvest Festival. Mackonochie also openly
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to serve the mixed-use zone, notable for jewel-setting and for law firms. It has been Grade II* listed since 1951. This land is commonly – other than mainly to state Holborn, meaning part of Holborn – called
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The high poverty shown in blue plus in pink, those generally of adequate means, on the outskirts (of this, the central zone) in about 1889. Click for broader map and to enable varied magnification.
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entitled 'Jesus being Raised from the Dead' – the same artist had produced the church's current set of Stations of the Cross (date unknown) and a mural of the
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The current vicar is Fr Christopher Smith who has been in the post since 2011. He was preceded by Fr Howard Levett who retired in 2010.
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in 1859. Construction occurred between 1861 and 1862 in yellow and red stock bricks with stone dressings and tiled roofs. In 1862
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In 1891 a chapel was added to designs by Charles Henry Money Mileham (1837–1917), with the chapel's stained glass by
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Reverend Rebels: Five Victorian Clerics and their Fight Against Authority
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and played by the composer himself. The church was burned out during the
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in 1941, though the chapel survived. The main church was restored by
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Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Camden
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In 1938 the church hosted England's first complete performance of
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Anglo-Catholic church buildings in the London Borough of Camden
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gave the site for the church. It was built with funds from
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Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden
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Charles Booth's Descriptive Map of London Poverty, 1889
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Martyr of Ritualism: Father Mackonochie of St. Alban’s
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51°31′10.772″N 0°6′38.174″W / 51.51965889°N 0.11060389°W / 51.51965889; -0.11060389
Holborn
Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Anglo-Catholic
stalbansholborn.org
Dedication
St Alban
Parish church
Grade II* listed
Architect(s)
William Butterfield
Style
Neo-Gothic
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
London
Edmonton
Archdeaconry
Hampstead
Bishop(s)
Jonathan Baker
AEO
Vicar(s)
Assistant priest(s)
Ronald Corp
Curate(s)

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