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'''St Thomas's Church, Oakwood''' is an Anglican church in the [[List of churches in the Diocese of London#Deanery of Enfield|Enfield Deanery]] of the [[Diocese of London]]. It is located in Prince George Avenue in the [[Oakwood, London|Oakwood]] area of the [[London Borough of Enfield]], England.

== History ==
St Thomas's is a modern Anglican church established in the 1930s as the suburb of Oakwood grew with the extension of the [[Piccadilly line|Piccadilly underground line]] to [[Cockfosters]].  Building stopped with the outbreak of the Second World War, and the church was not finished until the 1950s.<ref name="history">[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/42073 St Thomas's Church, Oakwood], Geograph Britain.</ref> The architect was [[Romilly Craze]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enfield.gov.uk/download/2468/church_architecture |title=London Borough of Enfield Information Sheets Church Architecture |publisher=London Borough of Enfield |accessdate=22 September 2011}}</ref> Later a parish hall was added, and a distinctive tall green spire. There is a [[Girl Guides|guide hut]] on the grounds across the car park from the main building.

Late in 2010 the spire was found to be unsafe and removed,<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=G'day from the Vicarage - Dec2010 |url=http://www.st-toms.org.uk/latest/gday-from-the-vicarage-dec2010 |url-status=dead |accessdate=22 September 2011 |publisher=St Toms Oakwood |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402203912/http://www.st-toms.org.uk/latest/gday-from-the-vicarage-dec2010 }}.</ref> however this was replaced at the beginning of 2012.

===Present day===
The church holds weekly services on Sundays.

St Thomas's is within the [[Conservative Evangelicalism in Britain|Conservative Evangelical]] tradition of the Church of England. As a parish that supports [[Complementarianism|complementary gender roles]], it receives [[alternative episcopal oversight]] from the [[Bishop of Maidstone]] (currently [[Rod Thomas (bishop)|Rod Thomas]]).<ref name="Spring Newsletter 2017">{{cite web|title=Spring Newsletter 2017|url=http://www.bishopofmaidstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/spring-newsletter-2017.pdf|website=bishopofmaidstone.org|accessdate=8 April 2017|date=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="PP">{{cite web|title=St Thomas Oakwood - Full Parish Profile|url=http://www.st-toms.org.uk/userfiles/St%20Thomas%20Oakwood%20(Parish%20Profile%20-%20FULL).pdf|website=St Thomas Oakwood|accessdate=7 September 2017|date=19 June 2017}}</ref>

From May 2017 to 2018, St. Thomas' Oakwood was in [[interregnum]]; this followed the move of the previous vicar, Christopher Hobbs (1997-2017), to St Andrew's Church, Cheadle Hulme.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vane |first1=Ben |date=7 May 2017 |title=Goodbye Christopher & Margaret Hobbs |url=http://www.st-toms.org.uk/about-us/news/post/goodbye-christopher-and-margaret-hobbs |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062737/http://www.st-toms.org.uk/about-us/news/post/goodbye-christopher-and-margaret-hobbs |archive-date=8 January 2018 |accessdate=16 May 2017 |website=St Thomas Oakwood}}</ref> On 16 April 2018, the next vicar, Rich Alldritt, was inducted at the church.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2018 |title=Induction of Rich Alldritt as Vicar of St Thomas |url=http://www.st-toms.org.uk/sto/event/2018-04-16-induction-of-rich-alldritt-as-vicar-of-st-thomas/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524082054/http://www.st-toms.org.uk/sto/event/2018-04-16-induction-of-rich-alldritt-as-vicar-of-st-thomas/ |archive-date=24 May 2018 |accessdate=23 May 2018 |website=St Thomas's Church}}</ref> The current musical director is David Reavley.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.st-toms.org.uk/ St Thomas's Church Website]

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