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1919

St Andrew’s mission in Hackney

St Andrew’s at Retreat Place, Hackney, served as the pro-cathedral during the Most Reverend Andrew Charles Albert McLaglen’s primacy. It remained part of the London story until redevelopment in 1936.

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In 1919, upon Bishop McLaglen becoming Primus, his mission church of St. Andrew's at Retreat Place, Hackney served as the pro-cathedral until 1936 when it was demolished as part of a city redevelopment project.

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