Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
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The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an early 18th-century British parliamentary body established to fund and oversee the construction of new Anglican churches in rapidly expanding areas of London and its suburbs.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commission for Building Fifty New Churches Context triple: [St George’s, Hanover Square, London, commissioningBody, Commission for Building Fifty New Churches]
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The Faith of the Christian Church
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Commission for Building Fifty New Churches Target entity description: The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an early 18th-century British parliamentary body established to fund and oversee the construction of new Anglican churches in rapidly expanding areas of London and its suburbs.
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A.
City of Churches
City of Churches is a well-known nickname for Adelaide, highlighting its historic abundance of churches and strong religious heritage.
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B.
La Iglesia
La Iglesia is a smaller, intricately decorated Maya temple structure within the Chichén Itzá archaeological site on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
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C.
The Faith of the Christian Church
The Faith of the Christian Church is a 20th-century theological work by Swedish bishop and theologian Gustaf Aulén that systematically presents and interprets the central doctrines of historic Christian faith.
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D.
House of Laity
The House of Laity is the chamber of the Church of England’s General Synod that represents lay (non-ordained) church members in its governance and decision-making.
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E.
The Mother Church
The Mother Church is the Boston-based headquarters and principal church of the Christian Science denomination, serving as its spiritual and administrative center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British government body
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parliamentary commission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
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surface form:
Commission for Building Fifty New Churches in the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form:
Middlesex
Surrey ⓘ |
| architectEngaged |
John James
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Nicholas Hawksmoor ⓘ Thomas Archer ⓘ |
| architecturalStylePromoted | English Baroque ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Members of Parliament
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bishops ⓘ senior clergy of the Church of England ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1730s ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church building
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urban planning ⓘ |
| fundingSource | duty on coal brought into London ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| historicalSignificance |
instrument of Anglican expansion in metropolitan London
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major patron of early 18th-century London church architecture ⓘ |
| inception | 1711 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Act of Parliament ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
funding church construction
ⓘ
overseeing architectural design of churches ⓘ selecting church sites ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Christ Church, Spitalfields
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surface form:
Christ Church Spitalfields
St Alfege Church ⓘ
surface form:
St Alfege Greenwich
St Anne, Limehouse ⓘ
surface form:
St Anne Limehouse
St George's, Bloomsbury ⓘ
surface form:
St George Bloomsbury
St George’s, Hanover Square, London ⓘ
surface form:
St George Hanover Square
St George-in-the-East ⓘ
surface form:
St George in the East
Hawksmoor church ⓘ
surface form:
St John Horsleydown
St Luke Old Street ⓘ St Mary Woolnoth ⓘ St Paul’s Church, Deptford ⓘ
surface form:
St Paul Deptford
St Peter Cornhill (rebuilding support) ⓘ |
| numberOfChurchesCompleted | about 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfChurchesPartlyFunded | several additional churches ⓘ |
| numberOfChurchesPlanned | 50 ⓘ |
| purpose |
construction of new Anglican churches
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provision of additional parish churches in expanding suburbs ⓘ strengthening the Church of England in London ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
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Subject: Commission for Building Fifty New Churches Description of subject: The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches was an early 18th-century British parliamentary body established to fund and oversee the construction of new Anglican churches in rapidly expanding areas of London and its suburbs.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
St George’s, Hanover Square, London
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commissioningBody
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Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
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Christ Church, Newgate Street, London
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postFireRebuildingProgram
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Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
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Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
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alsoKnownAs
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Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
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this entity surface form:
Commission for Building Fifty New Churches in the Cities of London and Westminster and the Suburbs thereof