Christ Church, Cockfosters, is a

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church in Chalk Lane, in the

north London North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire. The term ''nort ...

suburb of

Cockfosters Cockfosters is a suburb of north London to the east of Chipping Barnet, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. Before 1965, it was in the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. Origins and ...

. It is about 200m from Cockfosters Underground station.

History

The church was founded by

Robert Cooper Lee Bevan Robert Cooper Lee Bevan (8 February 180922 July 1890) was a British banker. He served as a senior partner of Barclays Bank. Early life Robert Cooper Lee Bevan was born on 8 February 1809 at Hale End, Walthamstow. He was the eldest son of fellow ...

, a member of the family who also founded

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, and the funerary monument to the Bevan family is the largest single monument in the graveyard at Christ Church. The church was designed by

Henry Edward Kendall Henry Edward Kendall (23 March 1776 – 4 January1875) was an English architect. Kendall was a student of Thomas Leverton and possibly of John Nash. His wide-ranging styles included Greek, Italian and Tudor revival. His son, Henry Edward K ...

, and consecrated by Bishop Blomfield on 9 April 1839.''Christ Church Cockfosters: 125 years''.
Franey & Co., London, c. 1964. In 1898, the church was renovated and redesigned by

Sir Arthur Blomfield Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 182930 October 1899) was an English architect. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861; a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1867 and vice-president of the RIBA in ...

. Tubular bells were later installed as part of a monument to former pupils of

Heddon Court School Belmont, originally known as Mount Pleasant, was a house in East Barnet, London, near Cockfosters, that dated back to the sixteenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century it had become Heddon Court and was the home of a preparatory scho ...

who died during the First World War. St Paul's Church, Hadley Wood, opened in 1911, initially as an offshoot of Christ Church, but became independent in 2000.Our History.
Christ Church, Cockfosters. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

Gallery

File:Bevan family grave at Christ Church, Cockfosters.JPG, The Bevan family grave. File:Christ Church, Cockfosters 7 Nov 2015 01.JPG, Night view. File:Christ Church, Cockfosters 7 Nov 2015 04.JPG, Main entrance. File:Christ Church Cockfosters grave yard.JPG, The graveyard.

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{{Churches in Enfield

Diocese of London 19th-century Church of England church buildings Cockfosters Bevan family Conservative evangelical Anglican churches in England