St Matthew's Church was an Anglican parish church in

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, England. It was located in the west of Redfield, on Church Road (formerly Redfield Road), part of the A420. The church was built in 1873 to serve the new parish of

Moorfields Moorfields was an open space, partly in the City of London, lying adjacent to – and outside – its London Wall, northern wall, near the eponymous Moorgate. It was known for its marshy conditions, the result of the defensive wall acting a ...

, formed from parts of the parishes of

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and Easton. The church was constructed in

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to the design of J.C. Neale, although the south aisle was not built until 1887.

Mervyn Stockwood Arthur Mervyn Stockwood (27 May 1913 – 13 January 1995) was a Church of England bishop who served as vicar of St Matthew's Church, Moorfields, then of Great St Mary's, Cambridge, and finally as Bishop of Southwark, retiring in 1980. Early li ...

, later Bishop of Southwark, was curate here from 1936 to 1941, and vicar from 1941 to 1955. From 1945 to 1948 John Robinson, later

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and author of ''

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'', was curate at St Matthew's as his first position after ordination. The church was closed in 1999, and has now been converted into apartments and offices, known as Stockwood Chambers. The former parish now forms part of the parish of St Luke with Christ Church, Barton Hill and St Matthew, Moorfields.

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