St Alban's, Cheam, also known as the Church of St Alban the Martyr, is one of three
Church of England churches in the parish of
Cheam in the
London Borough of Sutton.
It was founded in 1930 and, inspired by the building of
a barn church in North Sheen (now incorporated into
Kew), was constructed using materials from the farmhouse, barns and other outbuildings at Cheam Court Farm, which may have been connected with
Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
's
Nonsuch Palace
Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, built by Henry VIII in Surrey, England; it stood from 1538 to 1682–83. Its site lies in what is now Nonsuch Park on the boundaries of the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey and the London Borough ...
. Edward Swan, the Barn Church's architect, was also commissioned as one of the architects for the new church at Cheam.
[Marshall, Charles J. ''A history of the old villages of Cheam and Sutton, which, with part of the parish of Cuddington, now form the Borough of Sutton and Cheam'', first edition (reprinted, with a new addendum and index by H. V. Molesworth Roberts). Wakefield, S.R. Publishers, 1971. ]
The church has a service of worship on Sundays at 10.30 am and a weekday
Eucharist
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...
at 10:00 am on Wednesdays.
Evensong is at 6:00 pm on the 1st Sunday of the month.
The parish publishes a newsletter.
See also
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The Barn Church, Kew
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Barn Church, Culloden
The Barn Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland at Culloden, in the Presbytery of Inverness. Although the congregation is relatively young, and only received full status as a parish church in its own right in the late 1980s, the ...
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Barn Church (Michigan)
Gallery
File:St Albans Church, Cheam, SUTTON, Surrey, Greater London 09.jpg, St Alban's Church
File:St Alban, Elmbrook Road, Cheam - Pulpit (geograph 1791363).jpg, The pulpit
File:St Alban, Elmbrook Road, Cheam - Chancel (geograph 1791362).jpg, The chancel
References
External links
Cheam parish: official website
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1930 establishments in England
20th-century Church of England church buildings
Cheam
Barn churches in England
Cheam
Churches completed in 1930
Churches in the London Borough of Sutton
Cheam