For centuries, the parish church of St Andrew’s in the market place was the only church in Enfield. The parish stretched for miles to the south, west and east and extended northwards almost to Potter’s Bar. The chapel, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was opened in 1858 but was not formally consecrated until 1865.
St John’s did not have its own vicar but was a subsidiary church within the parish of St Andrew’s. Then in 1867 St John’s was separated from St Andrew’s and became the parish church of Clay Hill, with its own vicar, independent of St Andrew’s. Lancaster Road formed a boundary between St John’s parish and St Andrew’s parish.
The first vicar of St John’s was the Rev George Viner. He had been the curate at St John’s since 1863 but acting on behalf of the vicar of St Andrew’s until St John’s became a separate parish in 1867. A new vicarage, in Strayfield Road, was then built to accommodate the vicar of St John’s.
A. Derek Edward Wheeler - 2? September 1926 ~ 15 February 2000
B. Phil Morris - 1947 ~ 201?
C. Hilda Elizabeth Harrold - 1916 ~ 200?
D. Richard Peter Draper - 1?.1.1941 ~ 3.8.2000
E. Beatrice Louisa Locke - 1902 ~ 199?
F. Wendy Still - 3?.6.67 ~ 7.1.99
G. Diane Rosemary Hughes - 26.1.1960 ~ 1.?.1997
H. Edwin Phillip George Hicks - 13.?.1929 ~ 27.9.2000
I. George Albert Harvey - 1907 ~ 19?1
J. Marjorie Joan Ryall - 192? ~ 1998
The final co-ordinates can be found at :-
N51 AB.CDE W000 FG.HIJ
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