St George's Church, West End, Esher

Image: © Len Williams Taken: 9 Jul 2013

In 1878, or perhaps a little earlier, Queen Victoria donated a piece of land for the building of a church and a school. A need was felt to make provision for “the spiritual wants of the “Aged, Poor and Infirm of West End” and to spare them from the steep and often muddy climb into Esher. Following the building of the School, and thanks to the splendid Mr. Robert Few of Wolsey Grange at Lower Green, the villagers got their church. Mr. Few, a churchman, offered to “build a temporary iron church on part of the site granted for a permanent church by the Queen. The Rector responded with gratitude and wrote: “Regard this iron church as something of a Missionary Church”. And so, the little iron church was erected during the hardest winter in memory, costing less than £300, and was opened on 30 March 1879. For another view of the church refer to picture Image

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