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St Leonard's, Shoreditch

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These, with others of their profession from the period, are commemorated by a large classical memorial erected by the London Shakespeare League in 1913, inside the church, which serves as a reminder of Shoreditch's Shakespearian heritage.
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nursery rhyme, the current ring of 12 bells (plus a "sharp second" to allow a lighter ring of eight bells using 1, sharp second and 3–8 to ring a true octave), hung for
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The church is equipped with a modern electric organ that is used regularly for church services, worship, concerts, and recording. It was the organ used in the
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in origin, and is thought to be built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon predecessor. The first historical reference to it occurs in the 12th century.
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The archaeology of Greater London : an assessment of archaeological evidence for human presence in the area now covered by Greater London
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On the Certainty of the Resurrection of the Dead proved by Certain Change of the Animal and Vegetable Parts of the Creation
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in 1756, and retains all the original wooden pipes. It is one of the few surviving examples of a
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nearby, is commemorated with a stone tablet inside the church; his grave is in the churchyard.
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Whilst the church has had bells for many centuries, as evidenced by its inclusion in the
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The Shoreditch Vestry levied a special poor rate in 1774 for the purpose of setting up a
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stand in the porch of the church, and the Shoreditch parish pump is in the churchyard.
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Following a partial collapse of the tower in 1716, the medieval church was rebuilt in
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for the parish of St Leonard's, which highlights the level of poverty in the area.
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churchman, tutor, and member of parliament, was buried in the church in 1598.
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beneath the church is the final resting place of many actors from the
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For the civil and ecclesiastical history of the parish, see
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Church in London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
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St. Leonard's, church in Shoreditch

London Borough of Hackney
Denomination
Church of England
Architect(s)
George Dance the Elder
Style
Palladian
Diocese
London
Vicar(s)

parish church
Shoreditch
Shoreditch High Street
Hackney Road
London Borough of Hackney
East London
Grade I listed
nursery rhyme
Oranges and Lemons
crypt
Tudor period
Shoreditch (parish)
Anglo-Saxon

The Theatre
Curtain Theatre
Elizabethan period

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