Consecrated 19 September 1972 Groundbreaking 19 May 1962 | Architect F. X. Velarde | |
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St Edmund of Canterbury, Whitton is a Roman Catholic church in Nelson Road, Whitton, Richmond-upon-Thames, London. It is named after Edmund Rich (also known as Saint Edmund or Eadmund of Canterbury, and as Saint Edmund of Abingdon) (1175–1240), who was a 13th-century Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Building
The current church building, constructed between 1961 and 1963, to replace the original building dating from 1935, was designed by F. X. Velarde and completed for the F. X. Velarde Partnership by Richard O'Mahony.
The aumbry for oils is by David John, but the font by the same designer is no longer there.
Services
Mass is held every morning and also on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Communications
The church publishes a weekly newsletter, St Edmund's Chronicle.
References
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