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Goodhall Close, STANMORE, HA7 4FR

Temple Pond was once a fish pond in the Stanmore Park estate, created by damming up the Stanburn Stream. The distant grey metal structure in the shadows is the outlet sluice.

This path leads through to some new flats. Temple Pond is off to the right.

There were two of these on each corner of the block, and probably date to the building of the council estate around the 50s. These are the only ones I've seen which say beware, the usual ones said 'danger children'.

Seen from The Chase.

The new St John's church was built as the old structure has become unsafe. The old church is now slightly ruined, but well maintained. This picture was taken from within the ruin of the old church. Access is allowed to the public for limited times during the summer months

There are two churches in Stanmore Churchyard. The old one was consecrated in 1632 by Archbishop Laud. The new church was begun in 1849 and contains much of the furnishings of the old church. Ian Nairn in Nairn's London (1966) says "Behind a mean-minded Victorian church, the ruins of the old one are dissolving away in gentle melancholy. It was built in 1631 by Archbishop Laud to be the old religion revived, very Gothic, though using up-to-date bricks. Now it is roofless, with a mouldering Victorian tomb in the nave, and a triste churchyard around. But lovable, not horrible: bramble and roses growing up to the walls and over the mass-produced headstones; soft, tender dissolution, the kind of end that most people would wish for... Long may it stay so. Gray's Elegy should have been written here, instead of at Stoke Poges."

There are two churches in Stanmore Churchyard. The old one was consecrated in 1632 by Archbishop Laud. The new church was begun in 1849 and contains much of the furnishings of the old church - see Link Ian Nairn in Nairn's London (1966) says "Behind a mean-minded Victorian church, the ruins of the old one are dissolving away in gentle melancholy. It was built in 1631 by Archbishop Laud to be the old religion revived, very Gothic, though using up-to-date bricks. Now it is roofless, with a mouldering Victorian tomb in the nave, and a triste churchyard around. But lovable, not horrible: bramble and roses growing up to the walls and over the mass-produced headstones; soft, tender dissolution, the kind of end that most people would wish for... Long may it stay so. Gray's Elegy should have been written here, instead of at Stoke Poges." See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7144853

A short history of Stanmore's old and new parish churches , on this wall panel inside the ruined old church.