St Giles' Church, Camberwell

St Giles' Church, Camberwell
St Giles' Church, Camberwell
St Giles' Church, Camberwell
St Giles' Church, Camberwell is located in Greater London
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 / 51.473; -0.0869
OS grid referenceTQ3285376682
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipAnglo-Catholic
Websitewww.stgilescamberwell.org
History
FoundedBefore 1089
DedicationSaint Giles
Consecrated21 November 1844 (1844-11-21) (present church)
EventsOld church burnt down 7 February 1841;
Rebuilt 1844
Associated peopleSamuel Sebastian Wesley, former organist
Architecture
Heritage designationListed Grade II*
Architect(s)Sir George Gilbert Scott (Moffatt and Scott)
Architectural typeParish church
StyleGothic Revival
Construction cost£24,000
Specifications
Length152 feet (46 m)
Spire height210 feet (64 m)
MaterialsKentish ragstone originally faced with stone from Caen in Normandy and Sneaton in Yorkshire, later refaced with Portland stone
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseSouthwark
DeaneryCamberwell
ParishCamberwell 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]

  1. ^ Prosser, G.F. (1827).St Giles' Church, Camberwell