Known as St Sepulchre Without Newgate

Built on the site of a Saxon church dedicated to St Edmund the church became known as St Edmund and the Holy Sepulchre during the years 1103 to 1173, when it was in the care of Augustinian Canons, who were Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. Later, the name became abbreviated to "St Sepulchre". Rebuilt and much enlarged in 1450, the walls, tower and porch survive from that period. Badly damaged in the Great Fire of 1666, the interior was restored in 1670 and has been much altered since.

Among famous names associated with the church are John Rogers, Vicar, first Protestant martyr; Roger Ascharn, Tutor of Queen Elizabeth I; William Harvey, discoverer the circulation of the blood; Captain John Smith, first Governor of Virginia and Henry Wood, founder of the Promenade Concerts, whose ashes rest in what is now the Musicians' Chapel, with its many memorials to musicians. The church also contains the Regimental Chanel of the Royal Fusiliers.

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