St Mary The Boltons Church, London

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St Mary The Boltons Church, London

Image: © PAUL FARMER Taken: 12 May 2010

St.Mary's was consecrated on 22nd October 1850. The initial cost of building it was £6,000, largely met by the then Perpetual Curate, Rev. Hogarth J. Swale. Since 1850 there have been many changes. The spire of the church was added in 1854. In 1902 the oak pews and floor tiling were installed. Bombs during the war damaged the organ and roof as well as shattering many of the windows. The church was reordered after the war with the high altar being moved to below the crossing and the old sanctuary being converted into a Lady Chapel. Here the sacrament is reserved. The present east window was designed by Margaret Kaye and installed in 1955. In 1960 the original organ was removed from the east end of the church and is now in St.Nicholas, Yarmouth (Norfolk). A new gallery was built for the two manual Compton organ at the west end. The west end window was put in to diffuse the light in order to keep the organ in tune. Unfortunately, this did not work and a screen now obscures the window from inside.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.489308
Longitude
-0.18398