The church was built to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, opening for worship on Easter day 1727. From 1780 to 1807 the rector of St Mary Woolnoth was John Newton, a former slave trader, who following his conversion to devout Christianity became a strong critic of the transatlantic slave trade. He appeared as witness in front of the Parliamentary Select Committee examining slavery in 1788. This photograph was taken for A R Stenning.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Architect: Hawksmoor, Nicholas
Client: Stenning, A R
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Nave, Georgian Church