Christ Church, Southgate

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Christ Church, Southgate
Archdeaconry of Hampstead
Deanery	Enfield
Parish	Christ Church Southgate
Clergy
Bishop(s)	The Rt Revd Rob Wickham, Bishop of Edmonton
Vicar(s)	Fr Chrichton Limbert

Christ Church, Southgate, is a

. The church choir makes regular recordings and tours as well as supporting worship on Sundays at 10am and at Choral Evensong at 6.30pm.

History

In 1615,

The Weld Chapel was demolished in 1863 and its site remains marked in the old churchyard outside the west door of the church.[5]

Choir

Christ Church Southgate has a strong musical tradition, dating back to the time of the Weld Chapel. The choir of Christ Church Southgate has been in existence since the first service held in Christ Church, when the choir was augmented by choristers from St Paul's Cathedral. Originally a choir of men and boys, it is now a mixed choir of adults and junior members. Notable alumni include the acclaimed organist and choral conductor

each Sunday at 6.30pm, performs regular concerts and tours to cathedrals around the UK and Europe.

Windows

The church is home to the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass windows in London by Morris, Marshall Faulkner & Company (later Morris & Co) with work ranging from 1861 to 1913 including windows by Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, Philip Webb, John Henry Dearle and William Morris himself. Other features include fine windows by Clayton & Bell. The Faith & Hope window in the nave of the church, designed by Edward Burne-Jones was installed in memory of Letitia Catherine Hayes, sister of the British Imperial Statesman John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, who resided at Southgate House. The great east window by Clayton & Bell was installed in 1862 in memory of Vincent Figgins Jnr, who continued the work of his father Vincent Figgins the type-founder.

Reredos

The reredos, installed in 1868, is a fine mosaic by

and is nearly identical to the Salviati reredos in Westminster Abbey, installed a year earlier.

The Walker family

The burial vault of the Walkers of Southgate is located in the churchyard, near the west door. The vault contains the remains of all seven of the famous cricketing Walker brothers. The churchyard also contains the vault of the Taylor family of Grovelands House who, with the Walker family, established the Taylor Walker Brewing Company. The Lady Chapel was decorated in 1905–06 with wall paintings by Percy Bacon Brothers in memory of Issac and Sophia Walker of Arnos Grove and their children.

War memorials

The

.

Clergy

Incumbents including the Weld Chapel:^[7]

Angela Berners-Wilson, the first woman ordained a priest in the Church of England, served as deaconess at Christ Church between 1979 and 1982. Other notable curates have included John Yates.

Gallery

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  The Weld Chapel (right) in 1862 during the construction of Christ Church^[9]
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  Footprint of the Weld Chapel (1615-1861) now a Garden of Remembrance (built 1967)
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  Lady Chapel, Christ Church Southgate (reordered 1905) with wall paintings by Percy Bacon Brothers and windows by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company
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  The Choir of Christ Church Southgate in 1929
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  St Matthew by William Morris (reputedly a self portrait)
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  Hope and Faith window by Edward Burne Jones
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  The Walker Family Vault

References

External links

Christ Church web site

Media related to Christ Church Southgate at Wikimedia Commons