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St Boniface Church was located in Victoria Road, St Budeaux. It has now been demolished. A Mission was started in lower St Budeaux towards the end of the 19th century. Services were held in a room on the first floor of a building at the rear of Yeoman's Terrace, over the stables and bakehouse belonging to a baker by the name of Henwood. The Mission was gifted some land by the Reverend Doctor Trelawny Ross, Miss Hare and Miss Collins, of Ham House and the foundation stone of a mission hall was laid on the afternoon of Monday December 17th 1900 by Lady Jackson, wife of Sir John Jackson, the contractor building the extension to the Royal Dockyard. The architect of the building was Mr E Sedding and the contract for the construction went to Messrs Allan and Tozer. On St Boniface's Day, June 5th 1901, the Bishop of Exeter dedicated the Hall, which had cost around £700 to build. In time it was decided that a proper church was required and Mr W D Caröe was asked to desdign a building capable of taking 630 worshippers. On another site given by the Reverend Doctor Trelawny Ross the Bishop of Exeter laid a foundation stone on Wednesday October 4th 1911. A few years later the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter, the Right Reverend Archibald Robertson, on May 14th 1913 as a chapel of ease to St Budeaux Church. The ecclesiastical parish of St Boniface was formed in 1916 from St Budeaux.
The Church of St Boniface at St Budeaux, Plymouth. The Church was in the Perpendiuclar style and consisted of a chancel, lady chapel, three bays of a nave, and a vestry.
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