England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
All Hallows Honey Lane

The Parish

The parish of All Hallows Honey Lane was situated almost centrally within the city of London. The parish covered just a few blocks to the north of Cheapside and was one of many tightly crammed into the confines of the mediaeval city. Sadly this crowding was to prove fatal for this parish as it was engulfed within the Great Fire of 1666 and the church and most of the surrounding buildings were destroyed. The area was not restored to its former usage after the fire becoming the site of a market until further redevelopment after war damage and modern office encroachment. Today this area is dominated by office provision and other business premises. Cheapside is about a half mile north of the Thames and is sited at around 10 metres above the sea. After the destruction the parish was subsumed within neighbouring St Mary le Bow, but for some reason, following Rose's Act, register of baptism, marriage and burial were restarted for All Hallows - it is presumed that all such events physically occurred at St Mary le Bow.

The Church

All Hallows church stood just each of Milk Street and north of Cheapside but all above ground traces have been destroyed. Even the present day line of Honey Lane (a shady cut-through piercing an office building as shown), is some 140 east of the former line following the redevelopment of the area. Of the former church only archaeological artifacts have been found, some stonework indicating Norman Romanesque and Early English Gothic work placing the building in 12th into the 13th centuries. The structure has been estimated to have been roughly 60 feet by 23 feet, a simple oblong of church & nave. Today all that remains of the parish are plaques marking the boundary of the parish, as shown.