St Nicholas, Tooting Graveney, is a

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...

in central

Tooting Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre-Anglo-Saxons, Saxon times. The name is of Anglo-Saxon ori ...

, London, England.

History

The church of St Nicholas has its origins in the Saxon period, and is recorded in the

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of 1086. The original building was extended and altered many times, but retained its round Saxon tower. By 1814 however, the congregation had exceeded its capacity, and it was decided to rebuild the church on a nearby site, which was achieved in 1832–33 under the architect

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, while this new building was itself extended in the Victorian period. It has been a grade II

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since 1955, and its archives are held by the

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Present

St Nicholas's continues to be an active local church, with services at 10:30 and 18:00 each Sunday.

Notable clergy

* John Buxton Marsden, rector from 1833 to 1844, cleric and historian

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Tooting Graveney Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre-Saxon times. The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin but the me ...

19th-century Church of England church buildings

Churches completed in 1833