CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FORM P100

PARISH INFORMATION

BENEFICE                   Lavender Hill The Ascension

                                       and Battersea St Philip with St Bartholomew

INCUMBENT              Father Patrick Allen OSB                       Col/Ins/Ind 05.10.00

PATRONS                  The Lord Bishop of Southwark

                                       and the Warden, Fellows and Scholars of  Keble College,

                                       in the University of Oxford (jointly)

PARSONAGE            The Clergy House, Pountney Road, London SW11 5TU

PARISH                       Lavender Hill The Ascension

                                       and Battersea St Philip with St Bartholomew

POPULATION            9, 876

CHURCH/ES               The Ascension of the Lord, Lavender Hill

                                       (Founded 1872; Dedicated 1874; Consecrated 1883)

SUNDAYS                   1100: Solemn High Mass and Sermon    

                                       Average attendance: ^c120  

WEEKDAYS                Daily Mass

                                       Mon 1930

                                       Tue 0830

                                       Wed 1930

                                       Thu 1000

                                       Fri 1000

                                       Sat 0730 - Latin

                                       Holy Hour (Wed 1830 – Summer only)

                                       Rosary (Sat 1130 – Winter only)

                                       Confessions (Wed 2000; Fri 1030; Sat 1100 and by appointment)

ELECTORAL ROLL 128:

                                       White British

                                       Black British

                                       White Irish

                                       White Swiss

                                       Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican, Vincentian, Barbadian, St Lucian)

                                       Black African (Sierra Leonian, Ghanaian, Ugandan, Nigerian)

                                       Asian (Indian, Korean, Japanese)

STAFF                           The Parish Priest

                                        The Pastoral Assistant

                                        The Southwark Pastoral Auxiliary

CHURCHMANSHIP   CATHOLIC

RESOLUTIONS           Resolutions AB&C all passed

ORGANISATIONS     Parish Nursery School (40 on Roll)

                                        Society of Our Lady of Walsingham

                                        Blessed Sacrament Guild

                                        16^th Battersea Scout Group (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Sea Scouts)

                                        The Lavender Circle

OTHER BUILDINGS  None

OTHER                          None

DENOMINATIONS ON CHURCH PREMISES                  

SOCIOLOGICAL        Residential – Light Commercial

MAKE-UP 

FACILITIES                 Police Station

                                        Magistrate’s Court

                                        Main Post Office and 3 Sub Post Offices

                                        3 Supermarkets

                                        Debenham’s Department Store

                                        Boot’s Superstore

                                        Asda Superstore

                                        CD World

                                        Ocean Superstore

                                        West One Bathrooms Superstore

                                        Numerous General Stores and Corner Shops

                                        5 Designer Clothes Shops

                                        5 Designer Hairdressers, Barbers and Nail-bars

                                       1 Building Society

                                       1 Bank

                                       1 Theatre

                                       1 Arts Centre

                                       57 Restaurants, Bistros and Cafes

                                       25 Estate Agents

                                        3 Doctor’s Practices

                                        3 Dental Practices

                                       The Shaftesbury Club

                                       The Royal British Legion Club, etc.

TRANSPORT                Numerous Taxi Companies

                                          Bus No^s 77, 87, 156, 345, G1 & N77

                                          Clapham Junction Train Station is 10 minutes away

                                          Clapham Common Tube Station is 20 minutes away;

                                          Wandsworth Road Train Station is 15 Minutes away

POPULATION               Increasing, as large, Victorian houses are converted into large

and small luxury apartments.

PAROCHIAL LIFE      No extra-parochial PCC Members

                                        17% extra-parochial ER Members

OTHER                          St Nectarious Greek Orthodox Church, Wycliffe Road

DENOMINATIONS    St Mary, Our Lady of Zion, Ethiopian Orthodox Church,

                                        Queenstown Road

                                        Ridley Hall Evangelical Chapel, Broughton Street.

OTHER FAITHS          None

SCHOOLS                   Shaftesbury Park JMI School

                                        John Burns JMI School

                                        Gideon Road Special Needs School

                                        Gideon Road Referral Unit

                                        Heathbrook JMI School