St Alban's, Cheam, also known as the Church of St Alban the Martyr, is one of three

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churches in the parish of

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in the

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. It was founded in 1930 and, inspired by the building of a barn church in North Sheen (now incorporated into

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), was constructed using materials from the farmhouse, barns and other outbuildings at Cheam Court Farm, which may have been connected with

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. 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

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at 10:00 am on Wednesdays.

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is at 6:00 pm on the 1st Sunday of the month. The parish publishes a newsletter.

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References

External links

Cheam parish: official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Albans Cheam 1930 establishments in England 20th-century Church of England church buildings

Barn churches in England

Churches completed in 1930 Churches in the London Borough of Sutton

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