1960

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The post World War Two years saw a boom in building and the population of Colchester rapidly increased with the influx of people displaced from London.
New Estates sprang up to the South.

The Monkwick Estate was fully within the ancient parish of Berechurch, swelling the population to several thousand.

As part of the provision for the new community a dual purpose

Church cum Hall

(church on Sunday, community hall mid-week) and Vicarage were built at the junction of Mersea Road and Stansted Road.

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Building the Church
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