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ST. MARY’S CHURCH, BECONTREE – BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
Compiled from research by
John Blake and Richard Chapman,
Barking and District Historical Society
September 2015
1935 April 13th |
Permanent church consecrated by the Bishop of Chelmsford. The old mission church became the hall of the new church. |
1935 |
Tom Buckley appointed organist; a post he held until 1959. |
1935 September 15th |
First wedding in the new church took place between Percy Victor Pedder of 1096, Green Lane and Ada Georgina Palmer of 1094, Green Lane. |
1936 December 25th |
The organ from Ram's Chapel first used. It had been transferred the previous year along with Sacramental Plate (including the 18th century flagon). A memorial tablet to those members of the chapel who died in the Great War was also transferred. |
1937 February 20th |
Service to mark the re- |
1938 September |
Hartley Brook appointed vicar of Braintree. |
1939 January |
Rev. V. Norman Cooper appointed vicar. |
1940 September |
The church magazine reported that St. Mary’s Flower and Vegetable Show was interrupted by "numerous air raids" that compelled parishioners to take cover in their Anderson Shelters. |
1941 |
An incendiary bomb caused minor damage to the church. |
1945 May |
Rev. Tom Anscombe of Lenton, Notts appointed vicar following the departure of Rev. Cooper. |