Title: The growth of "New London" in suburban Middlesex (1918-1945) and the response of the Church of England /
Authors: Walford, Rex.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Church of England. History; Suburban churches.; Cities and towns Religious aspects Church of England; Middlesex (England) History; London (England) History; Middlesex (England) Church history; London (England) Church history
Contents: List of Figures -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface by Revd. Dr. Jeremy Morris -- Foreword by the Rt. Revd. Richard Chartres, Bishop of London -- Acknowledgements -- The secularisation myth -- 'The affair is over and done with ' -- Assumptions in ecclesiastical histories -- Accounts of life in twentieth-century London -- The question of secularisation -- Aims, methods and outline of this book 19 -- The background to the inter-war years -- Political, economic, cultural and social issues in Britain 1870-1914 -- General theological and ecclesiastical issues, 1870-1914 -- Religious life in London and surrounding districys, 1870-1914 -- The evidence of religious censuses -- The effect of World War I on church life -- The expansion of the Middlesex suburbs ('New London, north of the Thames') 1918-1939 -- Growth in population -- Growth in area -- The need for new homes -- Views for and against the suburbs -- Suburban life in 'New London' north of the Thames, 1918-39 -- The houses -- The people -- Their journeys -- Community structures and leisure pursuits -- Social life in the suburbs: two views -- The response of the Church of England to the growth of 'new London'