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Key Image Church of The English Martyrs
30 Prescot St
E1 8BB London (Tower Hamlets (Whitechapel))
United Kingdom
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Congregation: Tower Hill (Diocese of Westminster, Tower Hamlets Deanery (RC))
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.51123° N, 0.07208° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1876
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Description: Church of the Gothic Revival with north tower
Name derivation: From the Catholic martyrs of England, who were executed in the nearby Tower
History:
22/06/1876:   Consecration after a three-year building period (design by Edward Welby Pugin)
1940:   Damaged by an unexploded bomb in World War II
1991:   Restoration
2007:   Roof repair and redecoration of the interior
Important persons:
Architect:  Pugin & Pugin (English architects of the Gothic Revival; founded by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–52), continued by Edward Welby Pugin (1834–1875), Cuthbert Welby Pugin (1840–1928) and Peter Paul Pugin (1851–1904))
Sources
Church of The English Martyrs: Web-Site der Kirche, https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/towerhill/about-the-parish/, retrieved 12/10/2017
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