Our Parish

 

Our Parish Priest  . . .  is Father Philip Denton.

Address: Church House, Lowshoe Lane, Collier Row, Romford, Essex  RM5 2AP.
Telephone: 01708-749050
 

Our Parish is . . .

to the north of the A12 Eastern Avenue and south of the M25.  The boundary to the west follows Whalebone Lane and continues through Hainault Forest; the eastern boundary runs through Pyrgo Park, Bedfords Park and the Romford Golf Course.

Included within the parish are addresses in: Collier Row, Chase Cross, Rise Park, Mawneys, Havering-atte-Bower, Stapleford Abbotts and a very small part of Stapleford Tawney.

A more detailed description of the boundaries is held at the Diocesan Chancery; a copy is reproduced below.

The Church and Parish are dedicated to the mystery of the Real Presence of the Lord in the Eucharist: Corpus Christi. Our Titular Feast is celebrated annually on the Sunday following Trinity Sunday.

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Parish Boundaries

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Please note - unless otherwise stated the boundaries run along the middle of the road.

  

• From Eastern Avenue to the junction with Whalebone Lane North (485895) and north by this road and Romford Road to Forest Road.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Chadwell Heath, St Bede.

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• Continue north along Romford Road to the lane into the forest opposite Fowler Road (472924) and thence north-east along this lane, passing south of Fox Burrows and across the Golf Course, to the Borough Boundary.  North-west by the Borough Boundary to Cavill’s Walk and  by Cavill’s Walk and Featherbed Lane to Manor Road (483949). East by Manor Road and north by Hook Lane, just north of Blackbush Farm (490954). Continue north-east (passing east of Great Wood and west of Battes Hall) and along the eastern boundary of Stapleford Abbotts Aerodrome to Ongar Road, just east of Arnolds Farm (495976). Continue north to the River Roding (495980) and then east to the stream just west of Passingford Mill (498979). North by this stream to the M25.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Hainault, The Assumption.

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• South-east by the M25 to the River Roding.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Ongar, St Helen.

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• Continue south-east by the M25 to Murthering Lane.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Brentwood, St Mary & St Helen.

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• South by Murthering Lane to the footpath opposite Curtis Mill Lane; south by this footpath, across Tysea Hill, and continue south-west by this footpath to Oak Hill Road.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Harold Hill, Most Holy Redeemer.

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• From this point, south-east by footpath through Pyrgo Park to Broxhill Road (525932) and west by this road to the entrance to Bedfords Park (517931) and south through the park to Lower Bedfords Road (522917).  Thence west to Ash Lane and by Ash Lane round Romford Common and due south to Eastern Avenue (opposite the footpath across Romford Golf Course).

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Harold Hill, St Dominic.

 

• West along Eastern Avenue to Heath Drive.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Gidea Park, Christ the Eternal High Priest.

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• Continue west along Eastern Avenue to the junction with Whalebone Lane.

  • The other side of this boundary is the parish of Romford, St Edward the Confessor.

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