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St Clement Danes

There has been a church of St Clement Danes on this site for over 1000 years, the building was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, but bomb damage in World War II left only the tower and walls standing. After restoration by the RAF completed in 1958 it is now the Central Church of the RAF. The crypt has been cleared of burials, the remains were cremated and placed elsewhere in the church, but the coffin plates have been preserved and line the crypt walls.

St Giles in the Fields

• West Street Methodist Chapel.

The West Street chapel was built in 1700 and leased by the Methodists from 1743-1798, Charles Wesley preached there frequently.

St James's Palace

There are two Chapels Royal in the Palace, the Chapel Royal itself and The Queen's Chapel, both of which are open to the public on Sundays for worship, from the first Sunday in October to Good Friday inclusive at the Chapel Royal, and at The Queen's Chapel from Easter Sunday to the last Sunday in July inclusive.

St Martin in the Fields

• Orange Street Congregational Church.

The plaque outside reads as follows: “This Church was founded in 1693 by Huguenot refugees who fled from France at the time of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In 1776 the chapel passed into the hands of the Church of England. The Rev. Augustus III Toplady author of “Rock of Ages” was one of its ministers. The Chapel passed into the hands of the Congregationalists in 1787. Adjoining the chapel was Sir Isaac Newton’s house which was built in 1710 and condemned in 1913. Mrs Jemima Luke, author of the beloved hymn “I think when I read that sweet story of old” was a teacher in the Sunday School. A copy of the hymn in her own handwriting is in possession of the church.”

Shoreditch

• Former St Augustine is now redundant, since its deconsecration it has been the clubhouse for the 59 Bikers Club started by a vicar with an enthusiasm for motorbikes and now has been converted into flats and a resteraunt.

Spitalfields

• Brick Lane Mosque (Jamme Masjid) was built in 1743 for the Huguenot population as a French Protestant Church, in 1819 it became a Methodist Chapel. From 1898-1976 it was the Spitalfields Great Synagogue and has been the Brick Lane Jamme Masjid since 1976.

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