St Katherine Westway is a
Church of England
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parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
in
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
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, west London. Its original dedication was St Catherine Coleman, named after the church of
St Katherine Coleman
St Katherine Coleman was a parish church in the City of London, situated in St Katherine's Row, on the south side of Fenchurch Street, in Aldgate Ward. Of medieval origin, it narrowly escaped destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666, bu ...
in the
City of London
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, whose sale funded its construction in 1922, to a design by
Robert Atkinson - it was assigned a parish in 1929.
[{{cite web, title=SAINT KATHERINE, NORTH HAMMERSMITH: WESTWAY, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=14791&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=, website=AIM25., accessdate=11 December 2014] Westway refers to
Westway, the road beside which it stands. The original church was destroyed by bombing on 14 September 1940 and the foundation stone for the present one was laid on 25 October 1958.
References
External links
Official website
Katherine Westway, St
Buildings and structures completed in 1922