History

3 April 1875

Foundation stone of Christ Church laid down by Lord Shaftesbury.

May 1876

Christ Church consecrated, The Rev. William Welch as the first vicar.

1879

Holiday tent services were held in the Fairfield.

1886

First Sunday school founded, missionary work in South America began.

1902

Most of the present halls opened by the Bishop of Ripon.

1914/16

Christ Church halls become a military hospital and No. 1 Christ Church Road was used as an isolation ward.

1926

Jubilee hall built to mark Jubilee.

1928/81

Children’s Church met in the halls at 10.00 and Sunday School at 3.00.

July 1930

Chimes installed in the tower in memory of Harrington Lees. More information

1935/56

Canon Guy King Vicar, died 1 October 1956.

1936

Consecration of our ‘daughter church’, St. Johns, Eden Park. Costing £14,000 to build. Our curate became the first vicar, the Rev. W A Berry.

5 January 1945

A bomb fell on the community of Fairfield Road and Burnhill Road, killing 12, making many homeless and wrecking the church.

May 1945

A service of memorial and thanksgiving held in the church, which became the temporary centre of worship.

1946

Caleb Club founded as a young peoples fellowship.

5 January 1950

Christ Church rebuilding completed and reconsecrated by the Bishop of Rochester.

7 October 1951

Te Deum Window unveiled by Robert H. Gummer Esq. and dedicated by The Dean of Rochester and The Rev. Canon Guy H. King. More information

1957/78

Canon Herbert Cragg served as vicar. (Canon Herbert Cragg was Archdeacon of Bromley from 1969 till his retirement in 1978 on Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday when he preached on "His banner over me is love" and "As you have sown, so shall you reap.")

18 July 1979

The Rev. Tony Baker, was instituted.

13 September 1995

The present Vicar The Rev. Nicholas Wynne-Jones, was instituted.

1 January 2000

Christ Church enters the new millennium with a presence on the Internet.

20 May 2001

Christ Church celebrates 125 years, read a copy of the presentation online.