Visit to Christ Church, Spitalfields October 2011

Whist researching Silk Weavers named Collier, I attanded a talk at Christ Church, Spitalfields about the Church.

The talk included the following:

- The Hawksmoor Church was built in the 18th Century as part of a plan for 50 new churches
- The screen behind the altar was original but since our last visit new paintings had been added temporarily to the previously plain panels
- The stained-glass window above the screen was a Victorian addition
- The Church now use chairs rather than pews and the wood of the pews was used in the Church refurbishment
- The organ pipes from the Bridge built organ have been removed for refurbishment and it is hoped the organ will be refurbished by 2013. Unusually the church clock is run by the organ.

I took some photographs while I was there:

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