The churchyard of Christ Church, Cockfosters
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The churchyard of Christ Church, Cockfosters
Image: © Marathon Taken: 14 Sep 2016
Christ Church Cockfosters was consecrated on 9th April 1839. The founder was Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, a wealthy member of the family who founded Barclays Bank, and the architect was Henry Edward Kendall. The funerary monument to the Bevan family is the largest single monument in the churchyard at Christ Church. The Bevan tomb can be seen just beyond the one in the foreground. The church building was built to serve the inhabitants of the village of Cockfosters and the surrounding area and was a fairly simple structure with a nave and small tower and steeple. By the end of the 19th century, the building was found to be too small so, in 1898, it was extended by adding a chancel on the west end and a side aisle to the north. A fuller history of the church can be found at http://christchurchcockfosters.co.uk/about/our-history/
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