St John’s church in Vassall Road, Brixton North, under construction. The church was built as funds permitted with the foundation stone being laid in July 1871. The section illustrated had cost \u00a35,000. St John’s was completed by a gift of \u00a310,000 from Rev. Charles Edward Brooke. Only one accident was recorded during contruction when a labourer fell from the chancel arch onto a pile of mortar, although this cushioned the fall, he did break both legs. The building was completed in 1874.
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St John’s church in Vassall Road, Brixton North, under construction. The church was built as funds permitted with the foundation stone being laid in July 1871. The section illustrated had cost \u00a35,000. St John’s was completed by a gift of \u00a310,000 from Rev. Charles Edward Brooke. Only one accident was recorded during contruction when a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,28,88,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1850-1875","category-brixton-north","category-print","category-religion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n