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St Mary, Church Hill, Harefield
One of outer London’s most fascinating churches. It lies south of the village centre down a long driveway. The church is mainly 14th century, with a 13th century chancel.The tower and north aisle are 16th century. However the interior is the a main feature, there are plaster ceilings from the 18th century by Henry Keene, a chancel crammed full of monuments and raised so high above the nave to accommodate a mausoleum that the three decker pulpit hardly shows above its floor. Most monuments are to the Newdigate family from the 15th to the 19th century.
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St Paul, Merles Avenue, Harefield (Roman Catholic)
In the centre of the village, a church of 1964 by Broadbent, Hastings, Read & New of Twickenham, originally a dual purpose building but a separate hall was created in 1973-74. Since my earlier visit in 2012 the exterior of the church has gained a new entrance, Calvary, lettering and upper cladding.
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Holy Trinity, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood
Well west of the station and the town centre. This is a church of 1854 by S.S. Teulon, with a north aisle added by the Cutts Brothers in 1894 and a south aisle and west baptistery added in 1927 by W.C. Waymouth.
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Emmanuel, High Street, Northwood
Some way from the station, this is a large church of 1903 by Frank Elgood. A large western extension hides most of the west front, this is by Riley and Glanfield and dates from 1982. It forms part of a large evangelical complex.
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St Matthew, Hallowell Lane, Northwood (Roman Catholic)
A plain church of 1923-24 in a road off the main street near Northwood Station. The aisles were extended in 1983 by Gerald Murphy of Burles, Newton & Partners
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St Edmund the King, Pinner Road, Northwood Hills
A late church by N.F. Cachemaille-Day, dating from 1964, the lady chapel at right angles to the church is the chancel of a former hall church of 1935.
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St Thomas Moore, Field End Road, Eastcote (Roman Catholic)
Just down the road from the Anglican church this is a church of 1976 by John Newton of Burles, Newton and Partners, incorporating a hall of 1937 by L. Shattock.
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St Lawrence, Bridle Road, Eastcote
The church of a “metroland” suburb. It dates from 1932-33 and is by Sir Charles Nicholson.
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St Martin, High Street, Ruislip
The medieval parish church of Ruislip in the town centre. At its heart is a 13th century building, with a 15th century tower and a south aisle, chapel and chancel rebuilt or added in the 15th century. Ewan Christian restored the chancel in 1869 and Gilbert Scott the nave in 1886. There is much 19th century glass, medieval wall paintings and big collection of hatchments.
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Sacred Heart, Pembroke Road, Ruislip (Roman Catholic)
Round the corner from Ruislip Manor station. A basilica of 1939 by George Drysdale, entered through a covered way to the halls added in 1984.
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London Churches in photographs 