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Location: St. Martin's Church Photographer: Thomas Barnes Year of photo: Circa 1983 Copyright: Thomas Barnes Source: Thomas Barnes Comments: St. Martin's Church Basildon seen before the creation of St. Martin's Walk. |
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Location: St. Martin's Walk Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 10/10/2002 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: St. Martin's Church October 2002. |
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Location: St. Martin's Square Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 23/10/2002 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: The Belltower - St. Martin's Square. |
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St. Martin's of Tours Church was officially opened on 10th
November 1962 in a consecration service conducted by the Bishop of Chelmsford, Rt. Rev. John
Tiarks. Its architects were the husband and wife team of K.S. & Trena N. Cotton. The Rector at
the time of opening was Reverend William Winfield. The Church received a Royal visitor on October 9th 1968 when Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent (Katharine Windsor) dedicated the new exterior porch and Christ sculpture. The Christ figure was designed by the artist Thomas Baylis Huxley-Jones and completed in fibreglass. It was to be his last completed work as a short time later he was admitted to St. John's Hospital in Chelmsford where he died on 10th December 1968. A Garden of Remembrance adjacent to the church opened on November 3rd, 1973, in a dedication service conducted by Rev. Peter Grimwood. In 1989 the plain exterior glass was replaced with stained glass designed and made by Joseph Nuttgens. A special service attended by The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh was held on 12th March 1999 to mark the official opening of the Belltower and the first 50 years of Basildon new town. Text written 2005 with revisions 2005-2008. Copyright © 2005-2008, Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. Related external Weblink: St. Martin's Church Website |
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