Friday 30 May 2014

St Dunstan's Church

St Dunstan's Church was built in the early 1920s, when the Bellingham estate was being built.
On the 21st November 1925, the Bishop of Southwark opened the Church with a Dedicating Service.

The organ came from the Chapel Royal at St James'. This organ was built in 1837, but in 1891 six of the stops were removed and replaced by six stops from a much older organ, built for the Chapel Royal in 1699. In 1925 the organ came to St Dunstan's from St James's when they replaced it with a new one.

The font also has a history. It was dug up by workmen when excavating the foundations for the houses on this then new estate. No one is sure of its real age but it is very old.

The organ and the font are very old, but are still in use today.

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