Christ Church

The parish of Christ Church, Surrey was created in 1761 by the Christ Church and St. Saviour's Parishes Southwark Act 1670 (22 & 23 Cha. 2. c. 28 ) in the manor of Paris Garden as a result of the gift under the direction of the executors of John Marshall, a member of a Southwark family of “whitebakers”. This was previously part of the St Saviour’s parish. His will, of 1627, provided from 1637 and directed that a new church should be built and a Rector be appointed and paid for in that Manor, the most westerly part of St Saviour's parish. He died in 1631. The first church was built in 1671. This charity still provides for these purposes. The John Marshall Trustees are independent of the…

The church has two large sequences of stained glass, one of 1959 by Kenneth Bunton, the other of 1984 celebrating the church's 25th anniversary by John Lawson, both showing features of life within the parish. The first range memorably includes a London Transport bus. The latter range includes buildings as diverse as Sampson House, the Lloyds Bank Computer Centre, Sea Containers House, the Kirkaldy Testing Museum and a J Sainsbury supermarket. Some of the industries and commercial businesses depicted in the 1984 glass have since left the area. The stained glass in the nave and sanctuary is the work of Frederick Cole. The church hall is the Wapping Memorial Sculpture by Ian Walters: New…