Chelsea Old Church

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  • Address
    cnr Cheyne Walk & Old Church St, Chelsea, SW3 5DQ
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  • Phone
    7795 1019
  • Transport
    underground rail: Sloane Sq
  • Tue-Fri & Sun 13:30 - 17:30

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This church is principally a monument to Thomas More (1477-1535), the former chancellor (and now Roman Catholic saint) who lost his head for refusing to go along with Henry VIII's plan to establish himself as supreme head of the Church of England.

Original features include the More Chapel, and More's headless body is rumoured to be buried somewhere within the church. (His head, having been hung out on London Bridge according to the practice of the times, is now at rest a long way away in St Dunstan's Church, Canterbury.)

Outside is a gold statue of More, who lived in Chelsea with his family in a property expropriated by Henry VIII after the lord chancellor's execution.