Watford: First Church of Christ, Scientist
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Watford: First Church of Christ, Scientist
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 21 Sep 2008
The Church was built in an imposing location at the main entrance to the Cassiobury Estate from the town centre in the angle between Cassiobury Drive and Parkside Drive with a dual frontage onto each. This is the Parkside Drive side. Christian Science was discovered (the Church's word, not mine) by Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), who founded The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in 1879. Only the Mother Church in Boston is allowed to call itself The First Church; all other churches have to drop the definitive article. The Church's main website is here http://www.tfccs.com/index.jhtml (From a Geograph point of view the church symbol is shown on the Ordnance Survey's 1:50,000 scale map in the grid square to the north Image However on the more accurate 1:10,000 scale mapping it is mapped entirely within this grid square.)
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51.660842
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-0.410636