All Hallows-by-the-Tower Crypt Museum
⭐ Highlights
Roman Pavement
London before London (the church)A section of 2nd-century floor survived fires, bombs and rebuilding—stone that remembers markets and sandals.
📍 Crypt museum, lower level
Saxon & Medieval Finds
The church’s first centuriesCarved stones and everyday objects tie the site to Barking Abbey’s foundation and early City life.
📍 Cases beside the pavement
Pepys & the Great Fire
Eyewitness to 1666Samuel Pepys watched the Fire from the church tower; the building later helped the City rebuild its memory.
📍 Main church, interpretive panels
William Penn Connection
Transatlantic threadThe founder of Pennsylvania was baptised here—London’s parish story reaching the New World.
📍 Nave displays
Opening Hours
🤓 Fun Facts
Founded in AD 675 by the nuns of Barking Abbey, the church predates the Tower of London by centuries.
A Roman road surface lies under the crypt—your Tower Hill footsteps align with Londinium traffic.
Samuel Pepys climbed the tower to witness the Great Fire—and later recorded it in the diary that made him famous.
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