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AAW - Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
- DOW - Diocese of Westminster
  - PAR - Parishes

Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/PAR/134
Title	Millwall, St Edmund
Level	Series
Description	The Parish of Millwall is situated in the Tower Hamlets Deanery. It was founded in 1846. The original St Edmund’s church and school were built to serve the 1,000 or so Roman Catholics living on the Isle of Dogs in 1874. The current church is the third serving the Isle of Dogs. In 1846, St Edward’s chapel opened in Moiety Road, built by John H Fisher & Son of Stratford to designs of William Wilkinson Wardell (1823-99). The aisleless nave functioned as a schoolroom during the week, with a sliding screen separating the sanctuary. This was served from the Poplar mission. While the chapel was still standing until the 1880s, it was superseded in 1874 by St Edmund’s church. In 1871, Archbishop Manning and others took out a ninety nine-year lease for the site in Westferry Road at an annual rent of £30. The school and clergy house were built first. A foundation stone was laid on 3 June 1872 to designs by FW Tasker. St Edmund’s church opened on 19 August 1874. Due to money saving measures, only the nave piers were placed on deep foundations, creating structural problems from the start. Piling and underpinning was necessary in 1879 and 1883. The structural problems continued into the later twentieth century when they threw the future of the building into question. The church was eventually demolished and replaced by the current building by David Aitken, built in 1999-2000. The foundation stone, reusing material from the original foundation stone, was blessed by Cardinal Hume on 23 April 1999. The font, standing in the central aisle of the existing church, is also from the predecessor church, as are most of the sanctuary furnishings. The main altar is made from marble from the high altar of the previous church. Most of the olive coloured pews are on loan from St Mary & St Joseph, Poplar. Their design has been attributed to Adrian Gilbert Scott, architect of the church at Poplar.

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