Christ Church, Barnet

Christ Church Barnet
Christ Church
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Website www.christchurchbarnet.org.uk
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II
Administration
Parish Christ Church Barnet
Deanery Central Barnet
Archdeaconry Hampstead
Episcopal area Edmonton
Diocese London
Clergy
Vicar(s) Andy Rimmer
First World War wall monument

Christ Church Barnet, is a Church of England church in St Albans Road, Chipping Barnet.

History

The church was built between and 1845 and 1852 and designed by George Gilbert Scott.[1][2] It has been grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England since November 1982.[1]

William Pennefather (1816-1873), the leading evangelist and author of several well-known hymns, was vicar here from 1852 to 1864, just after the village had been linked to central London by train. During those years the vicarage at Christ Church was a recognised centre of the evangelical movement.

Graves

The church's cemetery is on the opposite (western) side of St Albans Road, a short distance to the north, and contains a number of war graves.[3] A memorial to former pupils of Barnet Boys School who died in the Second Boer War stands near the church.[4] There is also a wall monument to deaths in the First World War, inside the church.

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England, "Christ Church (1064856)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2017
  2. ↑ Christ Church Barnet. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. ↑ BARNET (CHRIST CHURCH) BURIAL GROUND. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Historic England, "Barnet Boer War Memorial (1444997)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2017

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Coordinates: 51°39′31″N 0°12′16″W / 51.6587°N 0.2044°W / 51.6587; -0.2044


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