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Church of the Resurrection, Grovehill and Woodhall Farm, Hemel Hempstead
A small church behind the shopping centre at Grovehill in the north of the town. It is shared between Anglicans, Baptists, the United Reformed Church and Roman Catholics. There is a separate lady chapel, both it and the church are in a block with the community centre. It dates from 1977 and was designed by Melvin Lansley and Mark Architects with Dennis Brook as project architect..
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Church website (Roman Catholic)
St Barnabas, Adeyfield, Hemel Hempstead
Tucked away behind the shops in Queen’s square the earliest district centre in the new town. It dates from 1952, with a new entrance area added in 2005 when the interior was reordered following an accidental fire.
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St Francis of Assisi, Hammerfield, Hemel Hempstead
In a quiet suburban street north of St John, Boxmoor. It dates from 1914, designed by Paul Waterhouse.
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St John the Evangelist, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead
Attractively sited at one end of Boxmoor Common , just south west of the new town centre. It is a church of 1868-74 by R. Norman Shaw, with a western extension by T.F. Woodman of 1893. The Dalle de Verre window is by Joseph Nuttgens and dates from 1972. The brass is a 20th century memorial in a medieval style.
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Holy Trinity, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead
Right on the eastern edge of the town by the village centre. A church of 1846 by Raphael Brandon. The screen, stalls and altar are by Sir Walter Tapper and date from 1932. The east window is contemporary with the church, the north aisle window is from the 1982 by John Lawson. There are modern glass stations of the cross.
Cathedral of St George, Stevenage (Coptic Orthodox Church)
Shephallbury Manor is a centre for the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK and this cathedral building was added in 2006. it is the first purpose built Coptic place of worship in the UK.
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Panshanger Church
Panshanger Church was founded in 1971, as a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) for this eastern suburb of Welwyn Garden City.
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St Joseph, Bedwell Crescent, Bedwell, Stevenage (Roman Catholic)
Built in 1957 to designs by Sterrett & Blouet, with a rebuilding and reversal of orientation following roof problems in the 1980s. This was to designs by Williams & Winkley. Only the tower remains from the original building. Part of the church was divided off to form halls. A further redevelopment took place in 2016-2017 which has reversed the orientation of the church, added a sanctuary, clerestory and new roof. The Lady Chapel that was previously behind the sanctuary is now the entrance narthex area. This work was designed by John Willcock. The right-hand column shows the new church layout, the left the previous one.
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St Hilda, The Hyde, Shephall, Stevenage (Roman Catholic)
Designed by Burles & Newton and built in 1961-62 in this eastern suburb of Stevenage.
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Transfiguration of our Lord, Grove Road, Stevenage (Roman Catholic)
The original church dates from 1914 designed by E.H. Major, a taller east end added in 1937 but a newer front and interior reordering was carried out in 1984, designed by Williams & Winkley.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 