St Paul's Church, Tottenham

St Paul's, Tottenham
Parish Church of St Paul the Apostle
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Location60 Park Lane, Tottenham, London, N17 0JR
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
TraditionAnglo-Catholic
Websitewww.stpaulstottenham.org.uk
History
Dedicated1976 (new church)
Consecrated1859 (original church)
Architecture
Architect(s)Biscoe & Stanton
Administration
DioceseLondon
Episcopal areaEdmonton
ArchdeaconryHampstead
DeaneryEast Haringey
ParishSt. Paul, Tottenham
Clergy
Vicar(s)Fr Staffan Dawkins

St Paul the Apostle is a church in the Church of England Diocese of London in Tottenham, London, England.

History

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The community of St Paul's began around 1855[1] in an iron building in Northumberland Park (what is now 125 Northumberland Park). Ms Jemima Holt bequeathed some land in Park Lane and William Mumford, architect, was appointed. Construction work began in 1858 and the church, built from Kentish stone, was consecrated in 1859 as one of the "Commissioners churches".[2]

In 1973 the building was demolished and whilst the new church and flats were being built the church community worshipped in the school hall across the road. The current building was dedicated on 20 November 1976 by the Right Revd Bill Westwood, Bishop of Edmonton.[3]

Fr Alan Hopes, who later converted to Roman Catholicism and became an Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and then Bishop of East Anglia, was Vicar of St Paul's for 16 years.

St Paul's is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England,[4] celebrating Mass daily.

Clergy

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Incumbents

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Parish Priest
1873 - Fr D. J. Harrison (First Incumbent)
c.1873 - Fr Hugh M’Sorley, MA [5]
1893–1896 Fr Benjamin White Clinch
1932-1945 Revd Joseph Oscar De Vile
1945–1947 Fr Jack Plumley
1957-1967 Fr Desmond Curzon
1978–1994 Fr Alan Hopes
1996–2006 Canon Andrew Dangerfield
2007–2011 Fr Mark Elliott-Smith
Vicar
2011- Fr Robert Wilkinson

Curates

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Curate
1953–1955 Fr Eric John Cooper
1976–1983 Fr Lamont Wellington Sanderson Phillips (NSM)
Fr Stuart Wilson
1973–1976 Fr Stephen Taylor
1978–1982 Canon John Salter
1982–1985 Fr Tony Robinson
1983–1986 Fr John Hassell
1985–1989 Fr Nigel Orchard
1986–1988 Fr Christopher Darvill
1988–1991 Fr Jeffrey Vaughan (NSM)
1988–1991 Fr Paul Waters
1991–1994 Fr Nigel Massey
1989 Fr Nigel Asbridge
1991–1993 Fr Chris Eydon
1994 - 1996 Fr Peter Wilson
1996–2001 Fr Mark Elliott-Smith
1999–2004 Fr Jeremy Fox
2000–2005 Fr Tony Haynes (NSM)
2002–2005 Fr Colin Dickson
2007–2011 Fr James Hill
2010–2012 Fr Christopher Trundle
2012-2013 Fr Adrian Teare

References and sources

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  • 'Tottenham: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 348–355.
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