Commissioners' church

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Commissioners' churches were 19th-century Anglican churches in England and Wales funded by parliamentary grants through the Church Building Commission to serve growing urban populations.

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Surface form Occurrences
Commissioners' Churches programme 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century church
Anglican church
church building type
country England
Wales
denomination Church of England
followedBy later Victorian church-building programmes
governingBody Church Building Commission NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Church Building Commission church
Commissioners' church NERFINISHED
Waterloo church NERFINISHED
hasArchitecturalStyle Gothic Revival NERFINISHED
Neoclassical
hasBuildingType parish church
hasCharacteristic built with state financial support
intended for new or expanding urban parishes
often large seating capacity
sometimes called Waterloo churches
hasFundingBody Church Building Commission NERFINISHED
hasFundingSource parliamentary grant
hasHeritageStatus many are listed buildings
hasHistoricalPeriod 19th century
hasJurisdiction England and Wales NERFINISHED
hasLanguageOfLiturgy English
hasPurpose to provide additional Anglican church accommodation
to serve growing urban populations
inception early 19th century
isPartOf Church Building Act church programme
legalBasis Church Building Acts NERFINISHED
locatedIn United Kingdom
industrial town
urban area
religion Anglicanism
usedFor Anglican parish ministry
public worship

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St George's, Bloomsbury builtAs Commissioners' church
All Souls Church, Langham Place builtFor Commissioners' church
this entity surface form: Commissioners' Churches programme