Church of St Peter ad Vincula

The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula is a Chapel Royal and the former parish church of the . The chapel's name refers to the story of Saint Peter's imprisonment under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: Grade I listed chapel in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK, within the Tower of London
  • Also known as: “Chapel of Saint Peter ad Vincula”, “Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula”, “Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula”, “Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hamlets”, “Church of St. Peter ad Vincula”, and “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Address: Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4AB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and White Tower.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England.

Castle
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The is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended.

Bridge
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is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in , built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. is situated 1,200 feet south of Church of St Peter ad Vincula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldgate and Butler’s Wharf.

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the . The gate gave its name to High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

Neighborhood
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Butler's Wharf is an historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the , just east of 's , now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

Church of St Peter ad Vincula

Latitude
51.50855° or 51° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
-0.0769° or 0° 4′ 37″ west
Levels
1
Open location code
9C3XGW5F+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 369136658
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q1938714
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Church of St Peter ad Vincula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس بطرس في فينكيولا”
  • Belarusian: “Капліца Святога Пятра ў кайданах”
  • Bosnian: “Kraljevska kapela "Sveti Petar u lancima"”
  • Bosnian: “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Catalan: “Capella Reial de St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Chinese: “chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula in the Tower”
  • Chinese: “锁链中的圣彼得皇家礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “鎖鏈中的聖彼得皇家禮拜堂”
  • Czech: “kostel svatého Petra v okovech”
  • Dutch: “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Dutch: “St. Peter ad Vincula”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس بطرس آد فنكولا”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo Sankta Petro ad Vincula”
  • French: “chapelle royale de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens”
  • French: “Chapelle royale de Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens”
  • Galician: “Capela Real de San Pedro ad Vincula”
  • German: “Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula”
  • German: “St. Peter ad Vincula”
  • Hebrew: “קפלת פטרוס הקדוש בשלשלאות”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Pietro ad Vincula”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Pietro ad Vincula”
  • Japanese: “セント・ピーター・アド・ヴィンキュラ王室礼拝堂”
  • Japanese: “セント・ピーター・アド・ヴィンキュラ礼拝堂”
  • Japanese: “聖ピーター・アド・ヴィンキュラ教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Norwegian: “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Polish: “Królewska Kaplica pw. Świętego Piotra w Okowach”
  • Polish: “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Portuguese: “Capela Real de São Pedro ad Vincula”
  • Romanian: “biserica Sf. Petru ad Vincula din Tower Hamlets”
  • Russian: “Капелла Святого Петра в оковах”
  • Russian: “Часовня Святого Петра в оковах”
  • Serbian: “Kraljevska kapela Sveti Petar u lancima”
  • Serbian: “Краљевска капела Свети Петар у ланцима”
  • Slovenian: “cerkev sv. Petra ad Vincula”
  • Spanish: “Capilla Real de San Pedro ad Vincula”
  • Swedish: “St Peter ad Vincula”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์เซนต์ปีเตอร์ แอด วินคิวลา”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Peter ad Vincula Kilisesi”
  • Welsh: “Capel Frenhinol Sant Pedr mewn cadwyni, Tŵr Llundain”

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