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City Temple , Holborn Viaduct
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City Temple is a Free Church on the western edge of the City of London. The traditional date of the founding of the church is 1640. City Temple was built on Holborn Viaduct in 1874 and developed as a classic city-centre 'preaching station'. In the Second World War the Temple suffered bomb damage but was rebuilt and opened for worship in 1958. City Temple is a member of the UK Evangelical Alliance.