All Saints, Camden Town in 1828.

All Saints in 2005

All Saints, Camden Town is a church in the Camden Town area of London, England. It was built for the Church of England, but it is now a Greek Orthodox cathedral and is known as The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of All Saints. A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... Camden Town is a place in the London Borough of Camden. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Greek Orthodox Church can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within the larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches: the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the first among equals of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. ...

Camden Town was developed from the 1790s onwards in the then largely rural parish of St Pancras, on the northern fringe of London. The parish church of St Pancras was one of the oldest in England, but it had been neglected since the 14th century when most of the inhabitants of the parish had moved to Kentish Town in the northern part of the parish. In 1822 a new main parish church, St Pancras New Church, on Euston Road in the southern part of the parish, was consecrated, but it was intended mainly to serve the population in its immediate vicinity. In 1818 a Church Building Act had been passed by Parliament to facilitate the construction of new churches in London's many new districts, and Camden Town soon acquired a new church of its own. It was built between 1822 and 1824 and was known as first as St Stephen's, but the name was soon changed to All Saints. Things called Saint Pancras or St Pancras include: The saint after whom the others are directly or indirectly named: Saint Pancras. ... St Pancras Old Church in 1815. ... Kentish Town is a place in London in the London Borough of Camden. ... St Pancras New Church soon after completion. ... Euston Road is an important thoroughfare in central London. ...

All Saints is located at the junction of Camden and Pratt Streets. It was designed by the same architects as St Pancras New Church, the father and son team of William and Henry Inwood. It is a fairly large building faced with Portland stone, and is in a Grecian style with a semi-circular portico and a cylindrical tower surrounded by columns. The ionic order is based on fragments found by Henry Inwood in Greece and now in the British Museum. The building has generally been praised, but both contemporary writers and later architectural critics such as Sir John Summerson have argued that the tower is too thin in proportion to the body of the church. Nonetheless it is a Grade I listed building. The Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, England, is made from Portland stone Portland stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. ... Categories: Architectural elements | Stub ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum in London is the United Kingdoms - and one of the worlds - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. ... Sir John Newenham Summerson (1904-1992) was one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century. ...

In the 19th century All Saints had a large congregation, like many other Church of England churches in the Victorian era. A survey of church attendance in 1854 found that the number of worshippers was 1,650 on Sunday mornings, 630 on Sunday afternoons and 1,430 on Sunday evenings. In the 20th century the congregation plunged and in 1948 the church became Greek Orthodox. Camden Town acquired a large Greek speaking community in the post World War II decades, mostly Cypriots, and the cathedral is still well used, though many of the worshippers now drive in from outer suburbs. St Michael's in Camden Road, which was consecrated in 1894, became the main Anglican church in Camden Town. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ...

References

• Camden Town and Primrose Hill Past by John Richardson (1991) ISBN 094667125
• Georgian London by John Summerson (1988 ed.) ISBN 0712620958