All Saints Churchyard
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All Saints Churchyard

Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England

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    Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London TW7 6BE England
    Coordinates: 51.47165, -0.31987
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The earliest recorded date of a church at Isleworth is AD695 when the Bishop of London, in a charter to Berking Abbey, mentions that King AEdelrid had given to the Abbeyh land and called it Gislheresuuyrth, the original name for Isleworth. The present 14th c. tower is part of the first known building dedicated to All Saints. The living of Isleworth belonged to St. Valery in Normandy until 1391, when it transferred to William of Wykeham, who used it as part endowment of the newly built Winchester College. After the founding of Syon Abbey, the church lay within its precincts, with the vicar receiving tithes from the Abbess in return for certain manor lands. By 1703 the building was in a state of decay. Sir Christopher Wren was asked to report and design a new church. This proved too costly but re-building, to a modified design, commenced in 1705. In 1866/7 the Famell family financed the heightening of the roof and the addition of a chancel. On the night of 27th May 1943, the church was gutted by fire; arson at the hands of two local schoolboys. Only the tower and outside walls survived. Re-building commended in 1968 and was completed in 1970.
The earliest recorded date of a church at Isleworth is AD695 when the Bishop of London, in a charter to Berking Abbey, mentions that King AEdelrid had given to the Abbeyh land and called it Gislheresuuyrth, the original name for Isleworth. The present 14th c. tower is part of the first known building dedicated to All Saints. The living of Isleworth belonged to St. Valery in Normandy until 1391, when it transferred to William of Wykeham, who used it as part endowment of the newly built Winchester College. After the founding of Syon Abbey, the church lay within its precincts, with the vicar receiving tithes from the Abbess in return for certain manor lands. By 1703 the building was in a state of decay. Sir Christopher Wren was asked to report and design a new church. This proved too costly but re-building, to a modified design, commenced in 1705. In 1866/7 the Famell family financed the heightening of the roof and the addition of a chancel. On the night of 27th May 1943, the church was gutted by fire; arson at the hands of two local schoolboys. Only the tower and outside walls survived. Re-building commended in 1968 and was completed in 1970.

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  • Added: 31 Jan 2010
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2340045