Exhibition tells the 300 year history of St Martin in the Fields

Later this year, St Martin-in-the-Fields will mark the 300th anniversary of the current church on the site – and they’ve opened a free tercentennial exhibition in its crypt.There’s been a church on the site next to modern-day Trafalgar Square since at least 1222, when records show that the Abbot of Westminster and the Bishop of London were in dispute over control of a church at this location.
The church’s name, St Martin, is a reference to St Martin of Tours, who is often