Contact Us

We are here to love God and to make Christ known in word and deed. We are an inclusive church and welcome all comers.

The Rector
Katharine Rumens
St Giles' Rectory
4 The Postern 
Barbican
London EC2Y 8BJ

020 7588 3013
rumens@stgileschurch.com

The Curate 

Alex Norris 

C/O The Parish Office
Fore Street
London EC2Y 8DA

07786257047

curate@stgileschurch.com

The Parish Administrator

Jake Kirner
The Parish Office
Fore Street
London EC2Y 8DA

020 7638 1997

admin@stgileschurch.com

Safeguarding at St Giles' 

To view our Safeguarding policy or to contact a member of our Safeguarding team go to the Safeguarding page on this website. 

Electoral Roll Officer

You can contact our Electoral Roll Officer on Electoral_roll@stgileschurch.com ' 

Safe recording of personal emails with St Giles’ Cripplegate

As we are no longer able, for data protection reasons, to collect email addresses or use them without your permission, you can record your email address on https://mailchi.mp/a156be5517cc/stgc  if you wish to hear from us or be on our mailing list.

Tracing your Family Tree



Many people are interested in genealogy. Our Parish records are not held in the church but in the London Metropolitan Archives.



Registers are held at the LMA for the years,

Baptisms 1561-1961, Marriages 1561-1987 and Burials 1561-1853 See website www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma for opening times and location.

Full address, London Metropolitan Archives,
40 Northampton Road, (Clerkenwell), London, EC1R 0HB or ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk 

Plaque Policy

Policy for the placing of plaques in the church

• St Giles’ is a historic Grade 1 listed building
• The church was bombed during WW2. A few of the memorials survived including those of John Milton, John Speed and former Lord Mayor William Staines
• The most recent memorial in the church dates from 1907

In order to respect the integrity of the mediaeval church, and because so many luminaries have been associated with the parish over the centuries, it is not our policy in general to install individual plaques or memorials.

Recent history

1. The PCC was approached by the Cromwell Society wanting to put up a plaque commemorating the marriage of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier in 1624. The PCC supported this application and it received a DAC certificate. The Chancellor did not grant a Faculty; a plaque was not erected.

2. The PCC has had enquiries from interest groups about placing plaques to:

Richard Smyth (1590 – 1675) bibliophile and author of “The obituary of Richard Smyth, secondary of the Poultry Compter, London: being a catalogue of all such persons as he knew in their life; extending from A.D. 1627 to A.D.1674” and

Mark Catesby (1683-1749) Fellow of the Royal Society author and illustrator of “The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands”.            

Neither enquiry gained the support of the PCC.

Procedure

• The PCC considers all enquiries in consultation with the Quinquennial Architect and DAC advisors
• Donations are regularly made to the fabric and furniture of the church; if such are in memory of a loved one, a small memorial plate can be discreetly sited.

Revised January 2015