Marriage and Christenings

Even though our ancestors were baptized in London and were members of the LDS Church they were required by law to be christened and married in the
Church of England. I will tell you of and show you pictures of the churches where our ancestors were christened and married.

Thomas Dangerfield and Caroline Buckwell were married in St. Andrews, Holborn, 6 January 1822. They lived on Wynyatt Street off Goswell Road.

They also lived at 19 Cottage Lane, City Road and 10 Regent Street, St. Lukes.

The following marriages were also performed at St. Andrews, Holborn:

Charles Dangerfield and Maria Brown 23 November 1845

Charles Denney and Mary Ann Dangerfield 27 September 1846

Henry Dangerfield and Matilda Hughews 21 February 1847

Charles West and Eliza Dangerfield 25 December 1850. Baptized on the 16^th Day of October 1849 in Pentonville Baths, Islington, into LDS Church.

Charles James Cooper and Elizabeth Eliza West 25 December 1863

John West and Susannah Ross were married at All Hallows Church on Lombard Street on 22 May 1768. This church has been destroyed and doesn't exist today.

John West and Lydia Johnson were married in St. Matthews, Bethnal Green 25 April 1823.

The children of John West & Lydia Johnson were christened at :

John Francis West	21 Mar 1824	St. Leonard's, Shoreditch
Lydia Maria West	16 Sep 1827	Christ Church, Spitalfields
John West	31 Oct 1830	St. Mathew, Bethnal Green
Charles Henry John West	10 Feb 1833	St Lukes, Old Street
Elizabeth Eliza West	1 Nov 1835	St. Leonard's, Shoreditch
Benjamin William West	7 Jul 1839	St. Leonard's, Shoreditch
Maria Eliza West	30 Jan 1842	St. Leonard's, Shoreditch
William Walter West	28 Aug 1845	St Lukes, Old Street

Christ's Church Spitalfields

St. Andrews Holborn

St. Leonard's Shoreditch

St. Botolph's Bishopsgate

Click on these maps and you can see where West and related families lived, I estimated the All Hallows, Lombard St, location.

All Hallows Church location, Lombard & Gracechurch Streets click to enlarge images

All Hallows Lombard Street was a City church in Bishopsgate Ward on the corner of Lombard Street and Gracechurch Street. It was mentioned in many guides as, perhaps, the supreme example of subtle beauty within the "Square Mile". Hemmed in on all sides by City Buildings it was known as the “Hidden Church”. The church was first mentioned in 1054 as in the gift of Christchurch Canterbury. The church was gradually added to until a bell tower was added in 1544. The church was badly damaged in the Great Fireand rebuilt in 1694 at a cost of £8,058 15s. 6d. An organ built by Renatus Harris was installed in 1695, only being replaced in 1902 by one commissioned from Noble & sons An entry in the Parish record Book for 28th December, 1789 states that John Wesley preached at Evensong. He recalled an earlier incident where, just as he was about to preach, he realized he had forgotten his sermon, and confided this to the attendant verger.

Once structural defects were discovered in its walls, the authorities selected All Hallows for demolition, which took place in 1939. The head office of Barclays Bank now occupies its former location; the bank had its headquarters at Lombard Street in the city of London, till May 2005. It is currently headquartered at One Churchill Place in Canary Wharf, in London's Docklands.

The Bishop of London laid the foundation stone in July 1939, and the new building, designed by Robert Atkinson, was dedicated and opened here in November 1940 under wartime conditions as the new home for All Hallows. Robert Atkinson designed a modern church to house the treasures saved from London. In the midst of World War II the building with its dramatic old bell tower and wonderful wooden interior fittings started a new life in Twickenham.