European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                All hallows the final chapter Hasni to been written a amps photos by Dave Diehl t l the Steeple of All hallows Barking made too Good a target in world War ii. A. I Mem hmm isms a �>-k1a<� rom Wal go Elf --c.vjsiws. It v a Qew. A is Cut a. -. Acc Mhz up t t scr ret zv.3 a a Whf kor in jul asst Iltz a % Fri a i Jinn family crests decorate this window. By Robert h. Newall when German bombs rained mercilessly on London in december 1940, they threatened to write the final chapter in the Long  Rich history of the Church of All hallows Barking. The Church suffered two direct hits. When the smoke cleared Only a roofless Shell remained. All hallows a meaning Quot All saints Quot a had narrowly escaped destruction in what had been the most destructive time in London s history before world War ii the great fire of september 1666. That time Admiral sir William Penn diverted the rapidly advancing flames by ordering his sailors to blow up barrels of Gunpowder in the path of the fire. The Church Tower  porch were damaged but the Structure was preserved. The Admiral doubtless had a special fondness for the Church of All hallows. Its baptismal record still extant notes that the Admiral  his wife Margaret had taken their son there on oct. 23, 1644, to be baptized. That boy came to be known As William Penn the Quaker who founded the Colony in America that ultimately became the state of Pennsylvania. Another footnote in the Church s history is of interest to americans on july 26, 1797, John Quincy Adams scion of one of Massachusetts most illustrious families was married there. He became the sixth president of the United states but there could be no last minute heroics to spare the Church during the bombing of we ii. It was pathetically derelict at the end of the fighting. Stone by Stone however the Church was to be rebuilt. Queen Elizabeth now the Queen Mother symbolically Laid the foundation of the Quot new Quot Structure in july 1948 she was present at rededication services at All hallows 11 years later. The bombing did reveal a Saxon Arch at the West end of the Church indicating that parts of the Structure dated at least to 640 . That discovery generated further research  beneath the Undercroft or basement vault archaeologists found traces of the Home of a prosperous roman. The City originally known As Lon minium was an important trading Center of the roman Empire. The original Church on the site was evidently a dependency of the famous Abbey of Barking in Essex founded by Berkenwald the sixth Saxon King in the seventh Century. The statue of the King s sister Ethelburga the Convent s first abbess is one of three that adorn the facade. The others Are figures of the Virgin Mary  of Bishop Lancelot Andrewes. It was in All hallows that the knights Templar generally wealthy  influential men stood trial before an ecclesiastical court on charges of heresy historians say Edward ii engineered the trials 6 stripes Magazine March 8, 1990 the pipes of the Organ Rise from the loft. Following the pattern of King Philip of France so he could confiscate the knights property. All hallows is near the Tower of London  it was common for government officials to transact business there. On one such occasion sir Robert Bourchier the first Layman to become lord Chancellor took the Seal of his office to All hallows  there attached it to several official writs. Once the reformation had been effected in England wealthy parishioners gradually stopped requesting in their wills that masses be said for their souls. Alderman Humphrey Monmouth a Patron of William tyndale an Early translator of the Bible instead decreed that Quot four godly ministers Quot should deliver four sermons a week in his memory. One of those ministers a or. Barnes was burned at the stake during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor during the troubles Between King Charles i  parliament William Laud archbishop of Canterbury was convicted of treason  was beheaded at the Tower on Jan. 10, 1645. His headless body was committed to a resting place at All hallows. Today visitors who explore the storied Sanctuary with its principal Nave  two adjoining aisles often pause to Admire the handsome pulpit dating from about 1670. It is a postwar addition to All hallows salvaged from St. Within s Church which was destroyed in Wii  never rebuilt on the sounding Board Are the words that graced the original pulpit Quot i preach Christ  just to the left is the figure of mint James of Compostella on the right is a statue of Saint Roch. Many of the windows display colourful heraldic arms such As the coat of arms of Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Fortunately the great window Over e altar backed by a Brian Thomas mural depicting he last supper contains Clear Glass so that the Church is flooded with sunlight on Fine Days  is uncommonly Light even on dreary ones. Mje ,1 a of pen to the Public contains a wic no of f u with a Stone altar that originally Chapel furnishings of King Richard i s ?c2uar.yis a Model ship that is a Mari i a when sailors fashioned votive or Protection. A Crucifix of Blue veined Smnick a Jave Corne from the Cabin of a the Hinr. Ronada Gap lain is attached to Wood from 9�uttysarkf which is berthed tha Estiver eenwic1 a new Miles Down the London Alt hallows is so close to the Tower of entwine 1 h a it Quot l6 its his Orvis 50 inextricably Worth a visit Ortr Gss Palace get is Well appeared in several Ili a so. M w the  ii of Ftp tra above the statues of abbess Ethelburga the Virgin Mary  Bishop Lancelot Andrewes adorn the exterior. Below decorations inside All hallows