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St Bartholomew’s Church
The church of St Bartholomew stood on the corner of London
Road and Templar Street.
The church was built to serve the growing area of Tower
Hamlets which started to be developed in the late 1840s. The
building of a church, which had been discussed for many
years, was finally started in 1877 and on the 27th of
September that year the foundation stone was laid.
The church was 111 feet long and 55 feet wide built in Early
English style. The quoted price for the building was £6370,
but it went over budget and the total cost was £7500. The
church was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on
the 22nd of January, 1879.
The church did not survive to celebrate its 100th birthday.
Due to falling congregations, the parish of St. Bartholomew,
Dover, merged with the parish of SS Peter & Paul, Charlton,
on 1st July 1972 to form the parish of Charlton in Dover, and
the church of St. Bartholomew became redundant. Shortly
afterwards it was demolished to make way for flats.
Road and Templar Street.
The church was built to serve the growing area of Tower
Hamlets which started to be developed in the late 1840s. The
building of a church, which had been discussed for many
years, was finally started in 1877 and on the 27th of
September that year the foundation stone was laid.
The church was 111 feet long and 55 feet wide built in Early
English style. The quoted price for the building was £6370,
but it went over budget and the total cost was £7500. The
church was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on
the 22nd of January, 1879.
The church did not survive to celebrate its 100th birthday.
Due to falling congregations, the parish of St. Bartholomew,
Dover, merged with the parish of SS Peter & Paul, Charlton,
on 1st July 1972 to form the parish of Charlton in Dover, and
the church of St. Bartholomew became redundant. Shortly
afterwards it was demolished to make way for flats.
