St Giles' Church, Camberwell

St Giles' Church, Camberwell
St Giles' Church, Camberwell
St Giles' Church, Camberwell Location of St Giles'
51°28′23″N 0°05′13″W / 51.473°N 0.0869°W / 51.473; -0.0869
OS grid reference	TQ3285376682
Country	England, United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	www.stgilescamberwell.org
History
Founded	Before 1089
Dedication	Saint Giles
Consecrated	21 November 1844 (1844-11-21) (present church)
Events	Old church burnt down 7 February 1841; Rebuilt 1844
Associated people	Samuel Sebastian Wesley, former organist
Architecture
Heritage designation	Listed Grade II*
Architect(s)	Sir George Gilbert Scott (Moffatt and Scott)
Architectural type	Parish church
Style	Gothic Revival
Construction cost	£24,000
Specifications
Length	152 feet (46 m)
Spire height	210 feet (64 m)
Materials	Kentish ragstone originally faced with stone from Caen in Normandy and Sneaton in Yorkshire, later refaced with Portland stone
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Southwark
Deanery	Camberwell
Parish	Camberwell St Giles with St Matthew
Clergy
Vicar(s)	The Rev'd Nicholas George
Curate(s)	The Rev'd Isoline Russell
Laity
Organist(s)	Ashley Valentine

St Giles' Church, Camberwell, is the parish church of Camberwell, a district of London which forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is part of Camberwell Deanery within the Anglican Diocese of Southwark in the Church of England. The church is dedicated to Saint Giles, the patron saint of the disabled. A local legend associates the dedication of St Giles with a well near Camberwell Grove, which may also have given Camber-well its name. An article on the church from 1827 states: "it has been conjectured that the well might have been famous for some medicinal virtues and might have occasioned the dedication of the church to this patron saint of cripples."^[1]