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protests during 2020, to identify locations in Lambeth with historic direct and indirect links to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonialism, included both the memorial plaque to William Hewer and the Hibbert family tomb as having proven associations. The incumbent vicar of St Paul's is an ex
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by Blomfield have round arched windows with roll moulding and pediments at each end of the transept. The side galleries were removed in 1928. The most severe damage caused to the church by the bombing during World War II occurred on the night of 10 May 1941. Incendiary bombs lodged in the roof and
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burned through before they could be extinguished, damaging the chancel and sanctuary. The building was completely restored and redecorated after the war and on 14 July 1955, the church was designated a
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St Paul's Church was built at the beginning of the 19th century on the site of the former St Mary's/Trinity Church. The building was completed in 1815 as a
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The original parish church of Clapham was St Mary's Church which dated from the 12th century. St Mary's was renamed Trinity Church after the
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nursery school and a number of user groups including a community choir. The church is used as a performance space by an opera company, a
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in 1775. The north aisle of the former church was left standing for the performance of burials.
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The churchyard was closed for burials in 1854. Among those buried in the churchyard were
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St Paul's was the filming location for the funeral scene in the 2003 Richard Curtis film
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The architect was Christopher Edmonds of Newington, Surrey. The church was built from
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to Holy Trinity, Clapham. It was assigned a separate Ecclesiastical District in 1861.
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John Broadley Wilson (1764-1835), Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society, by
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church with a west entrance porch and a wide nave with aisles. The Victorian
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in 1970, reducing the church to its original size. The centre is home to a
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officio trustee of the Hibbert Almshouse Charity, which manages the
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The East End extension designed by Blomfield was converted into a
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The Atkins family, Sir Richard Atkins 1st Baronet of Clapham
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Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Lambeth
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ensemble and for theatrical productions by Paul's Players.
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The Hibbert family, George (1792-1795) first child of
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Former places of worship in the Diocese of Southwark
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with a transept, a chancel and lower half octagonal
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with plaque "1815 ST PAULS CHURCH" with lunette over
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pediment
51°28′08″N 0°08′25″W / 51.4689°N 0.1403°W / 51.4689; -0.1403
OS grid reference
TQ 29267 76074
Clapham
Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Inclusive
Central
www.stpaulsclapham.org
Parish church
Grade II* listed
Architect(s)
Materials
London stock brick
Slate roof
Province
Province of Canterbury
Diocese
Diocese of Southwark
Kingston episcopal area
Archdeaconry
Deanery
Benefice
Parish
Vicar(s)
Jonathan Boardman
Reader(s)

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