St Mary's Church, Teddington

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St Mary's Church, Teddington

Image: © Marathon Taken: 3 Aug 2011

St Mary's is the original parish church of Teddington and dates from the second half of the 13th century. The Victorians attempted to build a massive church across the other side of Ferry Road based on the Notre Dame in Paris and called it St. Alban's. However, funds ran out and only the nave of what was to be the "Cathedral of the Thames Valley" was completed. It opened in 1889 with a "temporary" wall at one end where the tower was going to be. In 1967 the church congregation reverted back across the road to the historic but much smaller church of St Mary's with its attractive churchyard.

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