ark of the covenant agapemonite church, rookwood road, clapton, london (6)

john smyth pigott, who caused riots in upper clapton after proclaiming himself the new messiah and son of man in 1902 . there was later trouble with suicides and sex at his somerset commune, the abode of love, though the latter wouldn't raise too many eyebrows today. oddly enough if you google him you get all sorts of pakistani moslem youtube stuff : apparently he's still a contentious figure there for complicated political and religious reasons.