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OLD CHURCH

The Broadway c1955 Ref: S180014
The Broadway c1955
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In the fifties, my mother worked at the Stanmore Cottage Hospital. As I cycled down Uxbridge Road to visit her at work, I imagined the ivy-covered old church to be a Norman Keep. Does anybody know why the old church was allowed to fall into disrepair and the new one built next door?

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A memory of Stanmore in Middlesex shared on Sunday, 9th May 2010.

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RE: RE: OLD CHURCH

Hey,

I live in Stanmore now, right near the church. This website will give you some info on the churches - http://www.stjohnsstanmore.org.uk/history/

I think it's to do with the fact that the new church was comissioned about 100 years before the old one was made Grade 2 listed. It was only an outcry from the locals that stopped them destroying it entirely...

Hope that helps!

Comment from Annie Gordon on Monday, 17th May 2010.

RE: RE: OLD CHURCH

Thanks Annie. How lucky you are to live in Stanmore. I am retired to Cyprus.

Comment from Allan Hill on Tuesday, 18th May 2010.

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