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- ↑ "GENUKI - Christ Church".
- ↑ "Guide to Major Family History Resources - Index of Parishes, page 20" (PDF). London Metropolitan Archives.
- ↑ 'Eight Westminster Parishes to Disappear', Westminster and Pimlico News, 22 February 1946, page 2
- ↑ "Westminster at War".
- ↑ 'Big Re-organisation of Churches Planned - Westminster to Lose Six', Chelsea News and General Advertiser, 24 October 1947, page 9
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