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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
- Iglesia de San Alfegio (Greenwich)
La iglesia de San Alfegio, (en inglés, Saint Alfege's...
- Iglesia de San Alfegio (Greenwich)
St Alfege Church was the first London church designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and many key historical figures in Greenwich's royal, maritime and scientific history have close links with the site including Henry Vlll, Thomas Tallis, General James Wolfe and John Flamsteed.
Christianity in Greenwich goes back to 968, and a church has stood on the traditional site of the martyrdom of St Alfege since 1012. In his sixth year as Archbishop of Canterbury, Alfege was taken hostage by Viking raiders and murdered on 13 April. A new church was built around 1290.
St Alfege is a key part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Key features. Facilities. Denomination. Contact information. Email the church. 020 8853 0687. Church website. Follow this church.
Perhaps the most dominant building of the town centre is St Alfege Church, which marked the millennium of the martyrdom of St Alfege in 2012. The current building is a ‘coal-tax’ church of the early 18th century, designed by Hawksmoor, following the collapse of the medieval fabric in 1710.
Saint Alfege was the Archbishop of Canterbury and was taken prisoner by Danish raiders in 1011 and brought to Greenwich as a hostage. He was martyred on 19 April 1012 on the spot where our church now stands. He was originally buried in St Paul’s Cathedral.
