聖潘克拉斯老教堂
在那裡
Hidden away behind St. Pancras railway station is what is believed to be one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in England. There has been a church on the site since at least around the year 314. The current church is mostly a 19th-century structure, but it contains some traces of an older Norman structure. Surrounding the church is a cemetery, today transformed into a public park that contains a memorial to philosopher and "mother of feminism" Mary Wollstonecraft, who was originally buried there before her remains were moved to Bournemouth. This is where her daughter Mary, the author of Frankenstein, first declared her love for her future husband, Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
它的故事
聖潘克拉斯老教堂是一座英國聖公會教堂,位於倫敦康登區的潘克拉斯路。薩默斯鎮是古老教區的一部分,後來成為聖潘克拉斯都會自治市。 該教堂供奉羅馬殉道者、兒童的守護神聖潘克拉斯,被認為是英格蘭最古老的基督教禮拜場所之一,但並沒有強有力的證據支持這一說法。聖潘克拉斯老教堂在維多利亞時代經歷了大規模重建,不要將其與聖潘克拉斯新教堂(1819-1822年)混淆,後者距此約860公尺,位於尤斯頓路。 教堂的庭園是當地最大的綠色空間,屬於康登區管理。墓地不僅供本堂信徒使用,也供全倫敦的天主教徒使用,包括法國革命期間流亡的法國難民。在此安葬的名人包括作曲家約翰·克里斯蒂安·巴赫和雕塑家約翰·斐拉克曼。