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History
The building of Christ Church was
instigated by the Vicar of Chesham in the 1860s, the Reverend Aylward, who saw
the need for a church to serve the growing population of Waterside. Revd
Aylward was the first Vicar of Christ Church until the ecclesiastical parish was
established in 1867. Christ Church was a parish church, with St George’s
Tylers Hill as a daughter church, until 1980 when the parish of Great Chesham
was formed. It was always planned to extend Christ Church by having a
north aisle and a tower or spire, but various plans never came to fruition.
The present hall which was completed in 1986 was built on the site of the
possible north aisle.
It would appear that by the 1900s and
until the end of the second World War, Christ Church’s worship, youth clubs,
men’s meetings, women’s meetings etc. were a very important part of life in
Waterside.
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