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St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch

London Borough of Hackney, GB

St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch

St Leonard's, Shoreditch, is the old parish church of Shoreditch, often known simply as Shoreditch Church. It is located at the intersection of Shoreditch High Street with Hackney Road, within the London Borough of Hackney in East London. The current building dates from about 1740 and is Grade I lis

ted. The church is mentioned in the line "'When I grow rich', say the bells of Shoreditch" from the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. The crypt beneath the church is the final resting place of many actors from the Tudor period.

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