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{{For|the abolished ancient and civil parishes|St Sepulchre (parish)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox church | name = Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate | fullname = Holy Sepulchre, London | other name = Church of the Holy Sepulchre, London<br />Church of saint Edmund the (King and) Martyr and of the Holy Sepulchre (obsolete)<br />Church of saint/Saint Sepulchre, Holborn/Middlesex (dated) | image = File:Church of Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate (Southwest View - 02).jpg | imagesize = 220 | caption = tower section of the church | pushpin map = | pushpin label position = | location = [[London]], {{postcode|EC|1}} | country = United Kingdom | denomination = [[Church of England]] | churchmanship = [[Low church|Low Church]] [[Evangelical Anglicanism|Evangelical]] | founder = unknown | founded date = before 1066 | dedication = [[Edmund the Martyr|Edmund the (King and) Martyr]] and to the Holy Sepulchre | consecrated date = before 1066 | status = [[Parish church]] | functional status = Active | heritage designation = Grade I [[listed building]] | designated date = 4 January 1950 | architect = various | architectural type = | style = [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] (tower)<ref name="Piper&Jervis"/> | years built = 15th century (rebuilt) | completed date = 1670 (reopened)<ref name="Newgate1999"/> | length = <!-- {{convert| }} --> | width = <!-- {{convert| }} --> | width nave = <!-- {{convert| }} --> | height = <!-- {{convert| }} --> | other dimensions = 3-storey porch | tower quantity = 1 | tower height = | materials = | bells = 12 | bells hung = | parish = St. Sepulchre with Christchurch, Greyfriars and St. Leonard, Foster Lane (as sole church of) | deanery = City of London (sole deanery in archdeanery) | archdeaconry = [[Archdeaconry of London|London]] | diocese = [[Diocese of London|London]] | province = [[Province of Canterbury|Canterbury]] | priestincharge = {{Abbreviation|Rev.|Reverend}} Nick Mottershead }} '''Holy Sepulchre London''', formerly and in some official uses '''Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate''', is the largest [[Anglican]] parish church in the [[City of London]]. It stands on the north side of [[Holborn Viaduct]] across a crossroads from the [[Old Bailey]], and its [[ecclesiastical parish|parish]] takes in [[Smithfield Market]]. During medieval times, the site lay outside ("without") the [[London Wall|city wall]], west of the [[Newgate]]. It has been known as the National Musicians' Church since 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concerts & Recitals |url=https://hsl.church/concerts |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Holy Sepulchre London |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-12-11 |title=Explorers, Musicians And Executions: A Look Inside St Sepulchre-without-Newgate |url=https://livinglondonhistory.com/explorers-musicians-and-executions-a-look-inside-st-sepulchre-without-newgate/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Living London History |language=en-US}}</ref> It has London's musicians' chapel in which a book of remembrance sits and an October/November requiem takes place β unusual for a church associated with [[Low church|Low Church]] [[Evangelical Anglicanism|Evangelicalism]]. The church has two local army regiment memorials. The vicar is appointed by [[St John's College, Oxford]], which has held the church's patronage since 1622. The church is within the Newgate Street [[Conservation Area (United Kingdom)|Conservation Area]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Newgate Street Conservation Area [No. 6]|url=http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/heritage-and-design/conservation-areas/Pages/Newgate-Street-Conservation-Area.aspx|publisher=[[City of London Corporation]]}}</ref>
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