 st lawrence church is the church of england parish church for morden in london borough of merton. the building is grade i listed,english heritage and located on london road, at the highest point of morden, overlooking morden park. morden parish consists of four churches in total, the other three are emmanuel (stonecot hill), st martin's (lower morden) and st george's (central road, morden). the three team clergy are rev. david ruddick, rev. dan mcgowan and rev. les wells. les has two roles, as the team clergy member leading st georges and as the parish youth work co-ordinator. == services == there are several services each sunday, each offering the opportunity to meet and learn together from god's word, to praise god and pray together. the church website, www.stlawrencechurch.co.uk, has more information about services. == building == === history === thumb|upright|left|st lawrence church, 1851 the first church building here was possibly wooden as churches dedicated to st&nbsp;lawrence were usually saxon in origin.  the nearby merton abbey was closed down by henry viii as part of the dissolution of the monasteries and the estate sold. edward whitchurch and lionel dutchet bought it, but had to flee to europe when queen mary took over, and the estate went to the garth family.see the "ecclesiae amicus" (latin for friend of the church) inscription on the gravestone of richard garth by the communion table. in the 1630s, the garths were puritans, and st lawrence church was rebuilt in protestant style &mdash; i.e. no places for images of saints, or reservation o
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