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Clerkenwell (/ ˈ k l ɑːr k ən w ɛ l / KLAHRK-ən-well) is an area of central London, England. Clerkenwell was an ancient parish from the medieval period onwards, and now forms the south-western part of the London Borough of Islington. The church of St James in Clerkenwell Close and nearby Clerkenwell Green sit at the centre of Clerkenwell.
The parish of St James, Clerkenwell, has had a long and sometimes lively history. The springs which give Clerkenwell its name are mentioned during the reign of Henry II. The parish clerks of London used to perform their mystery plays, plays based on Biblical themes, in the neighbourhood, sometimes in the presence of royalty.
St John's Clerkenwell's Georgian-style façade with the Garden of Remembrance behind and the Priory banner flying above West door of St John's Church; engraver Joseph John Skelton (1818). St John Clerkenwell is a former parish church in Clerkenwell , London , and now the priory church of the British Crown Order of St John .
Our Most Holy Redeemer is a late 19th-century church in Clerkenwell, London, England, by the architect John Dando Sedding.It is an Anglo-Catholic church in the Diocese of London of the Church of England. [1]
In 1855 the parish of Clerkenwell came within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The Clerkenwell Vestry was incorporated as local government body and appointed one member to the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1857 the medical officer of health appointed by the vestry reported on the poor state of sanitation in the ...
St Mark's Church is an Anglican church in the middle of Myddelton Square, the largest square in London's Clerkenwell district. The square was laid out by William Chadwell Mylne, and there are 75 houses, by 13 different builders, all constructed in a Georgian style, from 1822 to 1843. [1]
St Peter's Italian Church is a Roman Catholic basilica-style church located in Saffron Hill on Clerkenwell Road, Holborn, London.It lies just within the boundaries of the London Borough of Camden, but is particularly associated with the Italian community of Clerkenwell ("Little Italy"), whose hub lies within the London Borough of Islington.
Clerkenwell Priory of the Order of Saint John, in January 2020. In 1878 one of the large painted windows from the old church still survived at the parish church's east end, as did remains of Prior Docwra's church in the south and east walls, and capitals and rib mouldings of the former church underpinned the pews.