| St Giles' Church, Camberwell | |
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.jpg) St Giles' Church, Camberwell | |
  St Giles' Church, Camberwell Location of St Giles' | |
| 51°28′23″N 0°05′13″W / 51.473°N 0.0869°W | |
| OS grid reference | TQ3285376682 |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | www.stgilescamberwell.org |
| History | |
| Founded | Before 1089 |
| Dedication | Saint Giles |
| Consecrated | 21 November 1844 (present church) |
| Events | Old church burnt down 7 February 1841; Rebuilt 1844 |
| Associated people | Samuel Sebastian Wesley, former organist |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Listed Grade II* |
| Architect(s) | Sir George Gilbert Scott (Moffatt and Scott) |
| Architectural type | Parish church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Construction cost | £24,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 152 feet (46 m) |
| Spire height | 210 feet (64 m) |
| Materials | Kentish ragstone originally faced with stone from Caen in Normandy and Sneaton in Yorkshire, later refaced with Portland stone |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Southwark |
| Deanery | Camberwell |
| Parish | Camberwell St Giles with St Matthew |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Rev'd Nicholas George |
| Curate(s) | The Rev'd Isoline Russell |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Ashley Valentine |
St Giles' Church, Camberwell, is the parish church of Camberwell, a district of London which forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is part of Camberwell Deanery within the Anglican Diocese of Southwark in the Church of England. The church is dedicated to Saint Giles, the patron saint of the disabled. A local legend associates the dedication of St Giles with a well near Camberwell Grove, which may also have given Camber-well its name. An article on the church from 1827 states: "it has been conjectured that the well might have been famous for some medicinal virtues and might have occasioned the dedication of the church to this patron saint of cripples."[1]
- ^ Prosser, G.F. (1827).St Giles' Church, Camberwell