St Gertrude's Church, 1, Debnams Road, Rotherhithe, London, SE16
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St Gertrude's Church, 1, Debnams Road, Rotherhithe, London, SE16
Image: © Chris Lordan Taken: 27 Oct 2009
A Roman Catholic church built in 1902 and said to have been built to cater for the vast number of Irish labourers who came to the area to assist in the building of the railway on the nearby viaduct. That said, the viaduct was built or started about 1832ish.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.490279
Longitude
-0.053866