All Souls, St Margarets

All Souls, St Margarets
St Margarets-on-Thames – All Souls
All Souls, St Margarets
51°27′38.0″N 0°19′30.8″W
Location	Northcote Road, Twickenham TW1 1PB
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Open Evangelical
Website	www.allsoulschurch.org.uk
History
Dedicated	2 January 1898
Architecture
Architect	Edward Monson
Style	Gothic
Years built	1896-8
Specifications
Materials	red brick
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of London
Archdeaconry	Middlesex
Deanery	Hounslow
Parish	All Souls, St Margarets-on-Thames
Clergy
Vicar	Joe Sellers

All Souls, St Margarets, is a Church of England church on Northcote Road in St Margarets in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its vicar is Joe Sellers.

History of the Church and its building

The roots of the church

The roots of the church are quite unknown. In 1867 a small private congregation met in an unidentified cottage on an area known as the Railshead, which got its name from the large mansion, like many in the area which graced the riverbank. However, the suburbs were expanding, especially in St Margarets, with its ever growing number of roads and estates, and with that would come more members of the church. Before the railway station brought more people to this part of London, Twickenham was a pretty place with an abundance of Palladian and 18th-century villas, lining the Thames, which became known as 'The Arcadia'. However, the 2nd October 1876 (the opening of St Margarets Station) marked the day when the peace and beauty of such a place, would come to a halt. With this there would be more people coming to worship god, and a bigger congregation would form. On 2nd February 1886 an iron chapel on Northcote Road started to be used

External links

• Official website