St Matthews Church, West Wimbledon
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St Matthews Church, West Wimbledon
Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 30 Jul 2010
St Matthew’s Church was built after the Second World War to replace the earlier church destroyed in World War Two. At 8.30pm on 29 June 1944 the church was totally destroyed by a flying bomb. It was designed by Sebastian Comper. The foundation stone was laid in 1957 and on 6 December 1958 the new church was dedicated http://www.stmatthews.ww.btinternet.co.uk/ch_history.html
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Image Location
Latitude
51.412012
Longitude
-0.233636