A view from the south showing the  1950s church on the left and the earlier, 16th century building on the right.

A view along the east side of the new church which blends well with the design of the old one.

Inside is a large, ariy nave with an attractive altar-piece. There is no large east window as is usual as this faces south.

A closeup of the new altar.

Decorative windows on the side aisle.

The old church choir which in fact was added to an even earlier building. It is now used regularly despite having the new, larger space to worship.

A view of the west end of the original  church.

The commemorative window at the west end of the old church,.

A plaque listing all those from Orpington who died in the Second World War and in subsequent conflicts.

The C14th tomb of rector Nicholas de Ystele in the old church porch was decorated with flowers.

A painting from the 1770-80s of the Bark Hart Academy which  existed for around 50 years. It was housed in Bark Hart house, which dated to Tudor times, and adjoined the old church. It is one of the earliest pictures of boys playing cricket 

A painting of the building by local artist Richard Raynor. It was separated by an eleven foot gap from the church.

Courtesy All Saints Church.

A photo taken in 1935. The right hand side extension had been added in the 1890s making it the largest house in the village. It was sold in 1935 to Orpington UDC and then in 1956 to the church authorities, who had plans for its future!

(Philip Street collection held by Historic England)

Bark Hart was demolished in 1957 to make way for the All Saints extension, under the careful supervision of Syd Bishop & Sons, a well known demolition company based in St Mary Cray and known for their slogan "Watch It Come Down". Salvagable material included Tudor panelling, Jacobean fireplaces and carved beams. (Picture from the Derek Stoyel archive, Bromley Historic Collections)

The present church tower which at one time was taller and had a spire but the action of time and storms have reduced it in height. The spire can be glimpsed in the painting above.

The east window of the old church overlooking the graveyard.

A view of the church and graveyard with a noteable memorial stone at the front.

The gravestone of the unfortunate  Ivy Millichamp, considered to be the last civilian killed in WW2 by the final V2 rocket attack on 27th March 1945. She was the only fatal casualty. More details of the attack can be found in our March 2011 magazine.

A general view of the graveyard looking north showing the some of the many splendid old trees.

Among the many ornate graves of the famous (in their time) and not so famous, is this unusual monument to Harry Burch, killed in a dreadful road accident in July 1906 on Handcross Hill in Sussex.

The Handcross motor coach crash, which killed  ten people, mostly from St. Mary Cray, caused great shock. 26 year old Harry, who lived in Orpington, was consequently buried here. More details about the accident can be found in our December 2021 magazine.

Accross the road from the churchyard, is the large extension meadow in which are found the Commonwealth graves.

A descriptive board tells more about why the burials took place here, near the Ontario Hospital established in 1916 specifically for Canadian casualties. It is now Orpington Hospital which still has a Canada Wing.

A view of some of the Commonwealth graves and the commemorative cross.

More graves, this time of British soldiers, extend down the meadow, which was purchased by charitable donations in 1913. Part of it was then sold to the nearby Priory.

A gateway in the Priory wall.

Orpington Priory (actually built as a rectory but given the grander name by a Victorian owner) which is in private hands.