Bromley Common - St Swithun's
Another in the ever expanding Church Micro Series, started by Sadexploration.
At the end of the 19th century the area between the A21 on Bromley Common and the railway line at Petts Wood was still mostly farmland and woods. There were two farms here - Turpington and Blackbrook, with a few scattered cottages and one or two larger houses. A large number of small terraced houses began to appear in the area immediately east of Bromley Common, and roads such as Southlands Road and Chatterton Road were laid out.
St Swithun’s Catholic Church opened on Whit Sunday in 1910. It was built with a legacy from Miss Frances Ellis, who was responsible for the construction of more than 22 churches in the archdiocese of Southwark alone. A number of churches were built in an almost identical Romanesque Revival style, designed by Rev. Benedict Williamson. St Swithun's is now the only church to remain almost as originally built. A refurbishment in 1972 added a choir gallery at the west end. Although St Swithun's became a properly constituted parish for a short time, it was originally and is now linked to Bromley St Joseph's parish.
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At the given coordinates you are standing in front of the church. There is a red and gold board to the right of the entrance which has a quotation from Numbers A:BC-DE. The cache, a small 2ml tube, can be found a short walk from the church at :
N51 23. (A+(B/D)) ((A+B+E)/2) (E-A) E0 2. (A/B) ((A/B)+D) (B-D)
There is on road parking locally - just watch the restrictions.
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