Rev C.T. Wilkinson (St Thomas's Church)
the Rev. C T Wilkinson, who laboured to complete the work commenced by his predecessor; and within a very short time the Rev. G S Bull was invited to lay the foundation stone of Immanuel Church, to which ...
Rev Edward Bird (St Thomas's Church)
In 1842, when the Rev Edward Bird became Rector of the Parish, he found himself faced with a difficult task, in spite of all that his predecessor had accomplished. The City was then heaving in the last ...
Rev J Bell (St Thomas's Church)
The Rev J Bell, the present Rector was instituted in March 1920, coming to the Parish from St John’s, Walthamstow; and it is most gratifying to record that during his ‘regime’ several additions have been ...
Rev T.D. Halsted (St Thomas's Church)
the Rev. T D Halstead who came to the Parish from St Paul’s Greenwich. During his incumbency the Church was twice redecorated (1875 and 1883), and in addition a sum of £750 was expended on the Churchyard, ...
Rev William Marsh (St Thomas's Church)
When the Rector, Rev. W Marsh, commenced his ministry at St Thomas’ Church, the majority of the congregation had never entered a church before and as a consequence of the disorderly conduct of many who ...
Reverend G.S. Bull of St Thomas's Church
The Ref G S Bull was instituted to the Living in 1849 and for 15 years he gave of his best to the parish, endearing himself to the hearts of all by his kindly thought for those upon whom fortune had ceased ...
School Days - by Joan Brady
Joan talks about her own memories of school in the area and that of her mother, Jose.
Jose went to St Thomas’s School, between about 1921 and 1930, and she always said that her favourite teacher was ...
School play at St Thomas's School
The photograph dates from around 1954/55 and is courtesy of Pat Jones (nee Rogers). Pat recalls that the production took place in the school playground. Fifth left in the cape is David Rogers.
St ...
School trip to London from St Thomas's School
This photograph is circa 1956/57 and shows pupils enjoying a boat trip on the River Thames. It appears courtesy of Pat Jones (nee Rogers)who remembers the pupils as: 1st Left - Kenny ?, 4th Left - Susan ...
Sheet 214 Top
Section of 1889 Ordnance Survey map covering the Bath Row and St Thomas's Church area.
St Thomas' Church, Bath Row
The remains of St Thomas' Church, Bath Row, Lee Bank. The building was designed by Rickman and Hutchinson and built in 1826/29. Pevsner admires the west front, but describes as 'odd' the ball and cross ...
St Thomas' Church, Lee Bank
St Thomas' Church, Bath Row, Lee Bank, seen in a photograph taken soon after the end of World War II. The church was built in a classical style in 1826/29 but only the west end survived enemy action during ...
St Thomas' Church, Lee Bank
The tumbled masonry and the classical columns put one in mind of scenes of 'the grandeur that was Rome' but this is St Thomas' Church in Bath Row, Lee Bank, in a photograph taken in 1946 before clearing ...
St Thomas on Bath Row
An impressive photograph of the remains on the church. Taken in 1950 after the area had been cleared, the Peace Garden is still many years away yet. This area was heavily bombed during WWII and the Church ...
St Thomas on Holloway Head
A year after the war ended St Thomas's still shows signs of the bomb that hit it with rubble and debris . Of note here are the graves still present which were subsequently removed along with the rubble....
St Thomas' School
The children in the reception class at St Thomas' Schools look quite well-behaved in this 1947 photograph, but one has to wonder how long it was before the vase of flowers on the table got knocked over. ...
St Thomas's Church
E.R. Mason writes about the establishment of St Thomas's Church:
In 1825 the following brief note appeared in the Gazette:
October 10th 1825. “The local commissioners for the building of Churches ...
St Thomas's Church - A Century of Church Life by E.R. Mason
This is a history of the church's first 100 years by Ernest Mason. It is famous today for being bombed in World War Two, the surviving church tower was kept as a monument to peace and the grounds around ...