Centenary Celebrations

The Parish of St.Margaret of Antioch Leigh-on-Sea was begun in 1919 after the Great War.  This time saw a huge expansion in residential building in West Leigh to house a growing and changed community both local and from London.  The Church building was not completed until 1931 and is a replica of the earliest Christian churches when Christians were first allowed to worship openly in the 4^th Century after 3 centuries of persecution in the Roman Empire.

As we are celebrating the foundation of the parish, rather than the building, our year of commemoration rightly centres on people rather than things. The parish extends from Marine Parade to Belfair’s Park and from Leigh Cemetery to Hadleigh Farm.  As with any Church of England parish we are here to serve all residents of the parish and all who work and pass through not only those who are congregants.

We are blessed with four wonderful and diverse schools; West Leigh Junior and Infant, St.Michael’s Church of England Preparatory School and Belfair’s Academy. Additionally, we have many interesting local businesses, clubs and residential homes. These all form part of our parish.  Belfair’s Academy is the single largest organisation within the parish and we thought it would be an interesting idea to encourage the students to engage with this diversity and history and helps us artistically to develop a logo that encapsulates this diversity and celebrate our mission of the past and future to all within the parish.

Out of the minds of babes and children comes the Wisdom of God.

The Logo design competition at Belfairs Academy was won by Bunnii Wheatley & Grace Davidson O’Neil, seen below with  Janine Lilleker (Head of Art at Belfairs) and Fr David

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Our Church in its development

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A selection of photos showing our Parish in its early days.

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