Croydon Parish Church Clock

The first record of a church building in this location is in the Domesday Book - dating the church as before 1086. I'm sure there were many changes made to the church over the centuries, but in 1867 a fire severely damaged the church requiring it to be rebuilt. In 1870 the rebuild was complete and the church was reconsecrated.

I took this photo from a slightly strange angle (from behind a bush) to hide the scaffolding in front of the church. Some fairly extensive renovation work is in progress at the moment. The clock show 12:01pm but it was actually before 9am that I took the photo.

Croydon Parish Church - West Tower


Church Clock

Some interesting information about the church:

• Six Archbishops of Canterbury are buried in the church.
• Ten bishops have been consecrated here
• Visits to the church by Henry VII, Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I are documented
• The architect of the church rebuild was Sir George Gilbert Scott.