Jus a few minutes' walk from Tower Gardens Garden Suburb is All Hallowes Church, bits of which date back to AD 1150, when the area was even more rural that when the Garden Suburb was built.
After another cup of tea and another piece of Victoria sponge, I had a good look the church, whilst entertained by some delightful music in the background.
It's quite an interesting church, with a number of statues and memorials to former residents of the parish, going back to the 1600s.
It would be nice to say that the whole church dates back to the twelvth century, but it wouldn't be true; over the centures there have been major alterations and developments, so that the present church is far larger than the original, of which little remains.
The stained glass windows above the high altar are beautiful, although cost prevented them from being repeated all round the building.
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