All Saints' Church, Edmonton

This article is about the church in London, UK. For the church in Alberta, Canada, see All Saints' Anglican Cathedral (Edmonton). For other uses, see All Saints Church and All Saints Cathedral.

All Saints' Church, Edmonton, is located in Church Street Edmonton, London, England. First recorded in the 12th century, it was entirely rebuilt in the 15th century and has undergone many modifications since.

History

The church of All Saints

All Saints is the parish church of Edmonton, formerly in the county of Middlesex and now in the London Borough of Enfield.

The earliest known reference to the existence of the church comes in a document dating to some time between 1136 and 1142, which records it being to given Walden Abbey by Geoffrey de Mandeville.^[1] It was completely rebuilt in the 15th century, and has undergone many significant alterations since.^[1] In 1772 the exterior was clad in brick and all the tracery, except that of the chancel, was replaced with wooden window frames. William Robinson, an early 19th century historian of Edmonton, attributed the nature of the work to the fact that one of the churchwardens was a bricklayer, and the other a carpenter. When Robinson described the church, it had only one aisle, on the north side of the nave.^[2]

The chancel was restored by Ewan Christian in 1855 and the 18th-century wooden tracery was replaced in stone in 1868. In an extensive refurnishing of 1871 the galleries, added in the late 18th century were removed, and the box pews replaced. In 1889 a south aisle and an organ chamber were added to designs by Ewan Christian's former assistant WG Scott. The four-stage 15th-century west tower is now the only part of the church that retains its medieval exterior.^[1] Inside, the nave roof and north arcade also date from the 15th century, while the south arcade dates from the alterations of 1889.^[1]

Notable burials

Charles Lamb essayist.
Mary Lamb writer and sister of Charles Lamb.
Tryphosa Jane Wallis, actress^[3]

External links

(fn57) British History online

References

1 2 3 4 "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS EDMONTON PARISH CHURCH". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
↑ Robinson, William (1819). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Edmonton. p. 62.
↑ K. A. Crouch, ‘Wallis , Tryphosa Jane (1774–1848)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2011 accessed 6 September 2014

Coordinates: 51°37′33″N 0°03′57″W / 51.6258°N 0.0659°W / 51.6258; -0.0659

Churches in Enfield

Ancient parish churches (pre-1800)	All Saints' Church, Edmonton St Andrew’s Church, Enfield

Daughter churches	Christ Church, Cockfosters Christ Church, Southgate Holy Trinity Church, Winchmore Hill Jesus Church, Forty Hill St Aldhelm’s Church, Upper Edmonton St Alphege’s Church, Lower Edmonton St Andrew’s Church, Southgate St George’s Church, Enfield Wash St Giles’ Church, Bullsmoor St James' Church, Upper Edmonton St James' Church, Enfield Highway St John’s Church, Clay Hill St John’s Church, Palmers Green St Luke’s Church, Browning Road St Mark’s Church, Bush Hill Park St Martin’s Church, Lower Edmonton St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Enfield Chase St Mary’s Church, Upper Edmonton St Mary's Church, Edmonton St Mary with St John, Edmonton St Matthew’s Church, Ponders End St Michael’s Church, Enfield St Michael’s Church, Upper Edmonton St Michael-at-Bowes Church St Paul's Church, Hadley Wood St Paul's Church, New Southgate St Paul's Church, Winchmore Hill St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church, Enfield Lock St Peter’s Church, Grange Park St Peter’s Church, Lower Edmonton St Stephen’s Church, Bush Hill Park St Thomas's Church, Oakwood

Other denominations	St. Monica's Church, Palmers Green Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of London

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