Allhallows Museum in Honiton, Devon, United Kingdom | Museum

Welcome to Allhallows Museum, Honiton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. The building housing the museum has a very interesting history. It is the oldest building in Honiton and started its life as part of a chapel. It became a school before it became a museum. The building dates from before 1327 and was built when the folk from the 'new town' got tired of climbing the hill to St. Michael's. They got permission for a chapel in the centre of town and called it All Saints or Allhallows. The first gallery is the chancel of the chapel, which was shortened last century to make room for St. Paul's, which is just outside.
About 500 years ago we know that there was a school meeting in the chapel. Allhallows School probably started like many others when the priest wanted choirboys who could sing in Latin. The priest himself would teach them to read and write so that they could sing the hymns and psalms.
In 1836, when the building was shortened, it became the schoolroom and also the dining room until other rooms and buildings were added as the school expanded. The first room was furnished as the school chapel and was in use by Allhallows School until 1938 when the school moved away from the town.
Fifty years ago the chapel was bought by the townspeople and opened as a museum. The Allhallows Museum, Honiton, Devon, England has three galleries, the Murch Gallery, the Nicol Gallery and the Norman Gallery.