There has been a church on this site for over a thousand years.
When Teddington was only a small fishing community the building stood on lands belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Westminster. Gradually, over the centuries, the church grew. Teddington changed completely after the arrival of the railway in 1863.
New housing to accommodate the growing population was built on land on the other side of the railway bridge, and a new church, SS Peter & Paul was built in 1865 to serve the population. St Mary’s was becoming too small and it was decided that a new, large church should be built nearby. The new church was dedicated to St Alban in 1888. St Mary’s was closed in 1889 and allowed to fall into disrepair.
Fortunately, an appeal to restore St Mary’s was successful and it was rededicated in 1938 and used for weekly services. In turn, St Alban’s itself gradually declined and was closed for public worship, in 1979 St Mary’s once more became the parish church with the addition of St Alban in its dedication – ‘St Mary with St Alban’.
The Cache is located at: N 51 25.ABC W 000 19.DEF
ABC = 7th 8th 9th digits of the phone number
The day the mother died = Dec/D/1799
The date the father died = Aug/E/1803
The age the son died = 2F
FTF: Congratulations to Gazania Rigens, Zouavesauvage.
STF: Dumpster41 & Smyth71
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