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St Anne's Limehouse

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A permanent full-time Church of England minister was appointed by the Trust in July 2004 and licensed by the area bishop to head the clergy. In September 2004 St Peter's launched a new Sunday evening congregation with its own programme of meetings and groups to serve the many thousands who now live
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Queen Anne decreed that as the new church was close to the river it would be a convenient place of registry for sea captains to register vital events taking place at sea. Therefore, she gave St. Anne's Church the right to display the second most senior ensign of the Royal Navy, the
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of the Church of England, and it is under the extended episcopal oversight of the Bishop of Maidstone. It describes itself as, "A genuinely mixed East End Church with a passion for straightforward Bible teaching."
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area, and a large part of this centre of business and finance lies within the parish of St Anne's Church. As a result, St Anne's began to run lunchtime meetings in pubs and
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under its own power in the summer of that year – a journey which was chronicled in a BBC documentary shown in the autumn. The barge now has a permanent
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in 1950. St Anne's underwent extensive restoration during 2007–2009, including complete restoration of the organ and work on the altar and floor.
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The idea to build a floating church was realised with the formation of the St Peter's Canary Wharf Trust and the purchase of a Dutch freight
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at Crystal Palace, and is much prized by musicians. In 2009, the church became the main rehearsal venue for the recently formed
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With the redevelopment of the East London Docklands in the late 20th century, over 100,000 people work in the
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Restoration of Gray & Davison's pipe organ case and carvings at St Anne's Limehouse Church in London
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After the churchyard closed to burials, it was converted to public gardens with the assistance of the
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to reach out to those working in the Wharf. This effort developed with the support of
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in 2003. The barge was refitted in the Netherlands and brought across the
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as she raised money for it by taxing coal passing along the River Thames.
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Church of England church buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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The address is: St Anne's Church, Three Colt Street, London E14 7HP
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The original 1741 pipe organ, destroyed in the 1850 fire, was by
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Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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BBC Childhood Memory: St Anne's Church, Limehouse, during WW2
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St Peter's Barge: London's Floating Church. A Brief History.
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1859 by Rupert Gunnis
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Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Conservative Evangelical
Church website
Grade I listed
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
London
Deanery
Tower Hamlets
Parish
Limehouse
Rector
Hawksmoor
Anglican Church
Limehouse
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
1711 Act of Parliament
St Dunstan's, Stepney
Thames River
Queen Anne
Nicholas Hawksmoor
Queen Anne Churches
Edward Strong the Younger
Christopher Wren the Younger
White Ensign
Trinity House

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