Five Unique Places of Worship, Hackney

St James the Great Church, Hackney

Downs Baptist Chapel

Newington Green Unitarian Chapel

Evangelical Church, Shrubland Road

St Monica’s, Hoxton Square

(c) All images copyright Jon Spencer

Places of Worship in Hackney

As part of the Places of Worship project, we have been carrying out a photographic survey of the Hackney buildings included in the project’s survey. These will be added to the Religion and Place website, which already includes photos of all the Tower Hamlets buildings. Here are some examples of photos which show the fascinating array of places of worship in Hackney:

New Synagogue

Hackney and East London Synagogue

All Saint's Church

St Chad's Church

(c) All images copyright Jon Spencer

Volunteer Training Day

St Chad's Church

On Saturday 21st February all our volunteers met for the first time for a training day held at the Geffrye Museum. The day was a real success and included presentations from the Building Exploratory, English Heritage and the Churches Conservation Trust. Volunteers were instructed on how to carry out the surveys and led through how to complete the survey worksheets. The afternoon provided the opportunity for volunteers to test out the forms in situ with visits to St Chad’s and St Leonard’s Churches.

St Chad's Church

Volunteers outside St Chad's Church

Volunteers outside St Leonard's Church

Places of Worship 2009 Hackney & Tower Hamlets

Welcome to the Places of Worship 2009 Blog Pages

In partnership with English Heritage and the Churches Conservation Trust, the Building Exploratory is undertaking an investigation of the condition, use and significance of listed places of worship across Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Working with a team of committed volunteers we aim to record the condition of 70 listed places of worship in the two boroughs. This survey forms part of a national strategy aimed at better understanding the condition of places of worship.

This blog is an opportunity to stay up to date with the project and  for volunteers to share their ideas and experiences. Please feel free to leave any comments below. If you have any photographs you would like to share please e-mail them to the Building Exploratory and we will upload them. 

The Building Exploratory team