Posted in 2008.07-Jul/Aug08 issue, St Mary's 900th Anniversary, Uncategorized on 8 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Outline to our 900 year celebrations: Information about what’s on during September 2008 - to keep you informed!
900 years is a long time by anyone’s reckoning! The actual date of founding of St Mary’s church is lost in time but we have chosen to celebrate this significant anniversary in September [...]
Posted in 2008.07-Jul/Aug08 issue, Branches Day Centre & Night Shelter, Extra - not in magazine, Pray for Waltham Forest, Uncategorized on 7 July, 2008 | No Comments »
This newsletter is produced for the LINC Prayer Group
JULY 2008 NEWSLETTER
Dear friends,
Apart from the plans for the development of Branches there seems to be little of great significance to report this month. I have included the grants information because I notice that Christian groups are having some success in obtaining money for community projects from outside [...]
900 years is a long time
by anyone’s reckoning! The actual date of founding of St Mary’s Church is lost in time. The list of former vicars of St Mary's displayed in the church commences with Orderic in 1108, therefore we have chosen September 2008 to celebrate this significant anniversary.
Detail of Chapman & André's plan of Walthamstow dating from 1777.
View of the Parish Church of
St Mary, Walthamstow from the north-west, dated 1783. The Monoux chantry chapel, demolished in the 19th Century, can be seen on the left. The low aisles of the main church were later raised to allow for the installation of the first galleries. The Monoux almshouses, which still stand, can be seen on the extreme left hand side of the picture. Sir George Monoux, former Lord Mayor of London, founded the school that bears his name in these buildings in 1527. (The school has an unbroken history and its successor is The Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College, Chingford Rd, E17.)
For more pictures from the
Parish of Walthamstow see GALLERY
