St Thomas's Church, Oakwood Explained

St Thomas's Church, Oakwood
Pushpin Map:Greater London
Coordinates:51.6456°N -0.1268°W
Location:Prince George Avenue, Oakwood, London, N14 4SN
Country:England
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Conservative Evangelical
Status:Active
Functional Status:Parish church
Parish:St. Thomas, Oakwood
Deanery:Enfield
Archdeaconry:Archdeaconry of Hampstead
Episcopalarea:Area Bishopric of Edmonton
Diocese:Diocese of London
Bishop:The Rt Revd Rod Thomas (AEO)
Vicar:The Revd Richard Alldritt
Curate:The Revd Ben Vane
Reader:John Coekin

St Thomas's Church, Oakwood is an Anglican church in the Enfield Deanery of the Diocese of London. It is located in Prince George Avenue in the Oakwood area of the London Borough of Enfield, England.

History

St Thomas's is a modern Anglican church established in the 1930s as the suburb of Oakwood grew with the extension of the Piccadilly underground line to Cockfosters. Building stopped with the outbreak of the Second World War, and the church was not finished until the 1950s.[1] The architect was Romilly Craze.[2] Later a parish hall was added, and a distinctive tall green spire. There is a guide hut on the grounds across the car park from the main building.

Late in 2010 the spire was found to be unsafe and removed,[3] however this was replaced at the beginning of 2012.

Present day

The church holds weekly services on Sundays.

St Thomas's is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England. As a parish that supports complementary gender roles, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Maidstone (currently Rod Thomas).[4] [5]

From May 2017 to 2018, St. Thomas' Oakwood was in interregnum; this followed the move of the previous vicar, Christopher Hobbs (1997-2017), to St Andrew's Church, Cheadle Hulme.[6] On 16 April 2018, the next vicar, Rich Alldritt, was inducted at the church.[7] The current musical director is David Reavley.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/42073 St Thomas's Church, Oakwood
  2. Web site: London Borough of Enfield Information Sheets Church Architecture . London Borough of Enfield . 22 September 2011.
  3. Web site: G'day from the Vicarage - Dec2010 . dead . 22 September 2011 . St Toms Oakwood . 2 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402203912/http://www.st-toms.org.uk/latest/gday-from-the-vicarage-dec2010 . .
  4. Web site: Spring Newsletter 2017. bishopofmaidstone.org. 8 April 2017. 31 March 2017.
  5. Web site: St Thomas Oakwood - Full Pairsh Profile. St Thomas Oakwood. 7 September 2017. 19 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Vane . Ben . 7 May 2017 . Goodbye Christopher & Margaret Hobbs . https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062737/http://www.st-toms.org.uk/about-us/news/post/goodbye-christopher-and-margaret-hobbs . 8 January 2018 . 16 May 2017 . St Thomas Oakwood.
  7. Web site: 16 April 2018 . Induction of Rich Alldritt as Vicar of St Thomas . https://web.archive.org/web/20180524082054/http://www.st-toms.org.uk/sto/event/2018-04-16-induction-of-rich-alldritt-as-vicar-of-st-thomas/ . 24 May 2018 . 23 May 2018 . St Thomas's Church.