All Hallows by the Tower

This church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was established in 675 by Saxon Abbey and badly damaged by an explosion in 1650. It narrowly escaped the Great Fire of London (1666), was restored in the late 19th c, gutted by German bombers during the London Blitz of WWII, and rededicated in 1957.

P6: 27.3 x 41.0 cm. (10.7 x 16.1 in.)

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